Southern California officials lifted all evacuation orders on the night of May 26 for 16,000 residents who live near a damaged chemical tank in Garden Grove, after a crack that formed on the tank relieved enough pressure to help prevent an explosion.
“All residents will go home,” Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey said during a meeting on that night. Authorities said the temperature on the tank remained stable for four hours without intervention, allowing them to lift the evacuation orders.
