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“Thanks to the courageous work of firefighters who were able to get on top of the tank and remove the shroud, emergency crews now have the ability to cool the tank even further,” Umberg said, adding that he was grateful for the president’s action and for the work of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The threat of a major explosion at a Southern California aerospace facility is "off the table" after firefighters performed an all-night operation Sunday to test the pressure inside a cracked tank in Orange County, officials told CBS News, as more than 50,000 people remain under evacuation orders.
“We are cautiously optimistic that the greatest danger may have been eliminated and that we are heading in the right trajectory,” Senator Thomas J. Umberg, a state legislator who represents the area that has been evacuated, said in a statement. “However, we cannot yet assure residents that it is safe to return home. We are asking for a little more patience.”
The risk of a catastrophic explosion at a damaged chemical tank in Southern California has been eliminated following a close overnight inspection that confirmed a crack in the tank relieved pressure and cooled the chemical, authorities said Monday.
A dangerous chemical leak that forced nearly 50,000 people from their homes in Orange County, California, may have taken a hopeful turn after crews discovered what officials described as a pressure-relieving crack in the leaking industrial tank.
Senator Thomas J. Umberg, a state legislator who represents the area, said that “several courageous firefighters” discovered a small crack last night at about 8:30 p.m., after approaching the tank to adjust the water being sprayed on it.