More than 50,000 people have been evacuated due to a failing industrial tank filled with an extremely hazardous chemical that is leaking from an aerospace facility in Southern California, and it could explode. The governor has declared a state of emergency. Lana Zak reports. Source link
Tens of thousands of Southern California residents have been evacuated after officials warned a leaking chemical tank holding a “highly flammable” substance at an aerospace facility would inevitably fail and potentially explode. The tank at GKN Aerospace is estimated to contain 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a “highly volatile” substance used in the production of plastics, … Read more
Tens of thousands of Southern California residents have been evacuated after officials warned a leaking chemical tank holding a “highly flammable” substance at an aerospace facility would inevitably fail and potentially explode. The tank at GKN Aerospace is estimated to contain 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a “highly volatile” substance used in the production of plastics, … Read more
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University scrambled to relocate some final exams after police said they discovered a man inside the school’s largest academic building with household substances that could be used to run a methamphetamine lab. The 31-year-old man was charged Wednesday with malicious destruction of property and possessing substances to operate a … Read more
Arizona has sued the federal government to block a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement mass detention facility near a site in the city of Surprise allegedly filled with hazardous chemicals. “The Trump administration has run roughshod over federal law in its rush to expand detention capacity across the country,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, whose … Read more