El fallo en el sistema de refrigeración de un tanque de almacenamiento en una planta aeroespacial de Garden Grove ha desatado una crisis de seguridad en el condado de Orange

About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials…

Authorities in Orange County say they’re unable to control the valves on a tank that contains methyl methacrylate, a chemical used in the manufacture of plexiglass.

El tanque químico contiene 26 mil litros de metacrilato de metilo, un líquido inflamable y volátil utilizado para hacer plástico.