'It fails' or 'it blows up': 2 options left for toxic chemical leak in Garden Grove, officials say [View all]

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- Emergency crews are sending an urgent warning that a chemical leak coming from a large storage tank at a Garden Grove aerospace facility could cause a spill or explosion.

Authorities are calling the toxic chemical leak in Garden Grove a "crisis situation," triggering evacuation orders for roughly 40,000 residents and school closures.

AIR7 video from overhead on Friday afternoon shows unmanned fire hoses and an automatic sprinkler system spraying water on the overheated tank, which is facing a potential catastrophic failure.

The tank at GKN Aerospace is carrying a highly toxic and flammable chemical used to make plastics. Now, fire crews say the tank is going to fail in one of two ways: either with a spill of thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals or an explosion. Authorities just don't know when or how it will end.

more at link....including video
https://abc7.com/post/tank-spews-toxic-chemicals-garden-grove-prompting-evacuation-orders/19150431/