Thousands evacuate over cracked chemical tank in California

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM EDT

In Garden Grover, Calif., 50,000 residents remain under an evacuation order into Monday as emergency services attempt to take control of a potentially explosive situation at a nearby aerospace manufacturing plant.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young gets the latest from LAist correspondent Jordan Rynning.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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