{"id":89768,"date":"2026-05-24T14:43:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/50000-evacuated-as-crews-race-to-prevent-ca-chemical-explosion\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:43:39","slug":"50000-evacuated-as-crews-race-to-prevent-ca-chemical-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/50000-evacuated-as-crews-race-to-prevent-ca-chemical-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"50,000 evacuated as crews race to prevent CA chemical explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As officials in Southern California race to cool down a massive tank filled with a toxic chemical at risk of <!--more--> explosion, tens of thousands of nearby residents have been forced to leave their homes due to health concerns and the risk of catastrophic damage if there is a blast. <\/p>\n<p>About 50,000 people in Orange County have been told to evacuate, with many spending the Memorial Day weekend in shelters, hotels or with friends and family outside the danger zone. <\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Veronica Miracle has more from Los Angeles. Also, Cal State Long Beach chemistry &amp; biochemistry lecturer Elaine Bernal and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin give more details on the threat.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 CNN correspondent details the chemical explosion threat in southern California<br \/>\n2:59 Chemical expert explains what is causing the temperature to rise inside the chemical tank<br \/>\n8:18 EPA administrator describes the emergency response <\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#California #ChemicalTank #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As officials in Southern California race to cool down a massive tank filled with a toxic chemical at risk of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}