Explosion would cause significant damage around Garden Grove plant, blast zone map shows
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If the failing chemical tank in Orange County does explode, the aerospace plant where it sits and dozens of homes surrounding it could suffer severe damage, according to a map released by authorities Saturday.Areas within roughly 1,100 feet of the tank would suffer severe damage; and beyond that, areas within about 0.3 miles, moderate damage; and beyond that, areas within about 0.4 miles, light damage, from the blast.
Officials have stressed they are working to avoid an explosion and are trying to keep the chemical inside the damaged tank at the aerospace facility as cool as possible.They said they have received help from experts nationally to come up with alternatives plans.
Nothing specific, however, has been mentioned.Areas within the severe blast zone represent “areas where we can expect severe structural damage and significant harm,” said Nick Freeman, an Orange County Fire Authority division chief.There are dozens of homes in that area in a neighborhood of the city of Stanton, including along Santa Rosalia Street, south of Laurelton Avenue and north of Lampson Avenue.
In the moderate blast zone, “we would expect again structural damage and harm to those within that zone,” Freeman said.There is understandable concern about an explosion as one of the possible outcomes.
OCFA Division Chief Nick Freeman and Dr.CK, the Orange County Health Officer, provide an operational and health care perspective on the evacuation zones that account for that possibility.
pic.twitter.com/cesHDsMcgY California The battle to keep a highly toxic chemical from exploding took a step backward Saturday.The light damage zone includes Wakeham Elementary School and a Home Depot on the corner of Chapman Avenue and Beach Boulevard.
“There, we might see some structural damage, but it would be a little bit more limited,” Freeman said.The map also showed oblong shapes above the tank site.
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