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GARDEN GROVE, CA - MAY 24, 2026: An aerial of water being sprayed on large storage tanks at the GKN Aerospace facility on Sunday, May 24, 2026, in Garden Grove, CA. 44,000 people remain evacuated after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate (MMA) leaked at a garden Grove aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air on Thursday. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

Threat of massive explosion in Garden Grove ‘eliminated’ but danger remains, officials say

Concerns remained that an explosion at the aerospace plant in Garden Grove was still possible, fire officials said.

Overnight mission determines Orange County tanks will not explode

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 19, 2026: Former HHS Secretary and CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading candidate for California governor, joins Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, black community members, and labor and faith leaders for an endorsement breakfast at Dulan's on Crenshaw in South Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
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Orange County evacuees remain displaced as they hope to return to normal

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OC Fire to test tank pressure to see if threat of explosion has been eliminated

GARDEN GROVE, CA - MAY 24, 2026: An aerial of water being sprayed on large storage tanks at the GKN Aerospace facility on Sunday, May 24, 2026, in Garden Grove, CA. 44,000 people remain evacuated after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate (MMA) leaked at a garden Grove aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air on Thursday. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

The next few hours critical in battle to prevent O.C. chemical explosion

Pipeline rupture 10 feet underground in east Los Angeles leads to crude oil spill https://onscene.media/east-la-major-oil-pipeline-burst/

Oil-covered birds rescued after pipeline rupture sends crude into L.A. River

South Gate, CA, United States - May 24, 2026: Firefighters battle an industrial fire in on Sunday, May 24, 2026 in South Gate, CA. (Second Sentence Here) (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Crews knock down South Gate fire at tire recycling center that prompted shelter-in-place order

Potential crack found on Garden Grove chemical tank, reducing explosion risk

Rescuers airlift hiker by helicopter out of Runyon Canyon; man is in grave condition

Chemical leak in Orange County has led to evacuations, concerns of potential explosion

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Pomona, CA - April 08, 2026 - A bike rider makes their way across the campus of Pomona College on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 in Pomona, CA. As board members of the Black Student Union at Pomona College confront anti-Black racism on the Pomona campus and across the Claremont Colleges. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA APRIL 4, 2026 -- Hikers are framed between a group of pedal-assist mountain bikers on the West Ridge trail inside Aliso Wood Canyon Wilderness Park in Laguna Niguel on April 4, 2026. Hikers, traditional mountain bikers, and regulators are concerned with the popularity of pedal assist mountain bikes. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles, California, July 15, 1953 - SMOG TEST - Janet E. Dickinson operates an apparatus where gases are frozen to solid or liquid state for later analysis in a laboratory. The air pollution checkup of auto exhaust fumes and gas vapors were performed on the City Hall lawn in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on July 15, 1953. Photo Credit: Frank Q. Brown / Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA, Friday, March 22, 2024 - California Governor Gavin Newsom looks on as Jane Fonda hugs former Governor Schwarzenegger at a press event sponsored by Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California at a Ladera Heights soccer field. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 1, 2025 -- Traffic heads north on I-405 as a new era in commuting begins for clean-air vehicles with new rules that kick solo drivers out of California carpool lanes and uncertainty over how it will impact commute times and traffic in Los Angeles on October 1, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles, Calif., November 17, 1950 - Dr. A.J. Haagen-Smit, a Dutch-born chemist at Caltech, shows how smog is produced when hydrocarbons like rubber are oxidized or burned. In this demonstration the balloon exploded when ozone, an oxidizing gas, came in contact with it. Photo Credit: Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California, February 4, 1953 - Marian E. Lent walks to work on the morning for Feb. 4, 1953, as the City Hall building is seen through the smog-filled skies in downtown Los Angeles. Photo Credit: R.L. Oliver/ Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California-1966- In the smog battle a Los Angeles commuter wears an only slightly satiric gas mask on October 2, 1966. Automotive experts show how a new smog device cuts down on the emission of car fumes, while testifying before the California Assembly. ( Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library)

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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson starts a Bible-reading marathon at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, June 28, 1931. The contest will continue through July 1, with what is said to be the largest Bible in the world being used by contestants. (AP Photo)
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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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Los Angeles, CA - May 29, 1986 : Richard W. Miller (center) with his defense attorney (right) watch as the jury arrives to the Little League Park location as part of the espionage retrial. The park is located at Ohio Ave, and Sepulveda Blvd. May of 1986. ( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

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