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FBI seizing evidence at California plant where chemical tank overheated and forced evacuations
Investigators are seizing records and chemical samples as they probe possible safety violations after the tank overheated and forced 50,000 residents to evacuate.
Federal agents executed a search warrant at GKN Aerospace's Garden Grove facility following a chemical emergency that forced the evacuation of over 50,000 residents.
The emergency involved an overheated chemical tank containing methyl methacrylate that threatened to explode, but pressure was relieved when a crack formed in the tank.
The FBI is investigating possible violations related to the chemical leak, with federal prosecutors stating experts are assisting in analyzing evidence.
GKN Aerospace previously settled environmental violations at the same facility and is now under investigation, with no conclusions reached yet.