Hazardous chemical incident at aerospace facility prompts e…
Vehicle Fire Garden Grove California in Garden Grove, California: An aerospace manufacturing facility in Orange County faced a hazardous chemical incident involving a tank that could explode or leak toxic refrigerant, prompting the Orange County Fire Authority to issue an evacuation order affecting 50,000 Garden Grove residents. Health officials initially said there was no leak or contamination, but later walked back that statement after an air monitor detected a hazardous spike of pollutants on the sixth day of the fire. The facility had accumulated safety violations over years, and Cal OSHA had opened an investigation in 2020. The FBI searched the facility on June 10 as part of a potential criminal inquiry.