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A chemical tank nearly exploded. Did California’s regulators miss the signs?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For six days over a holiday weekend, a chemical tank in an Orange County aerospace plant threatened to explode, and more than 50,000 people had to leave while crews figured out how to stop it. The tank kept getting hotter. A valve in […]
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According to Redwood City Pulse’s source item, A chemical tank nearly exploded. Did California’s regulators miss the signs?, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For six days over a holiday weekend, a chemical tank in an Orange County aerospace plant threatened to explode, and more than 50,000 people had to leave while crews figured out how to stop it. The tank kept getting hotter. A valve in […]
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