The tank contained 26,000 litres of methyl methacrylate, a volatile and flammable liquid used to make plastics, with firefighters warning the situation was looking grim.
2:28 pm today
By Huw Griffith, AFP
About 40,000 people were affected by the evacuation order.
Tens of thousands of people were ordered to leave their homes in California Friday after a huge chemical tank began leaking, with warnings it might blow up, sending toxic fumes over a heavily populated area.
The tank contained 7,000 gallons (26,000 litres) of methyl methacrylate, a volatile and flammable liquid used to make plastics, with firefighters warning the situation was looking grim.
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