Exposure to methyl methacrylate, a highly flammable chemical used to make plastics, can cause serious respiratory and neurological problems.
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Thousands of Southern California residents still could not return home Tuesday as crews worked to keep cooling a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical at an aerospace plant, despite officials saying the risk of a catastrophic explosion had largely passed.
“It’s not over yet,” TJ McGovern, interim fire chief of the Orange County Fire Authority, said Monday. “We still have to mitigate a fire and very small explosion concern, and also a spill potential.”
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