{"id":101976,"date":"2026-05-23T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/23\/officials-say-a-chemical-explosion-in-orange-county-could-be-catastrophic-heres-why-los-angeles-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:37:00","slug":"officials-say-a-chemical-explosion-in-orange-county-could-be-catastrophic-heres-why-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/23\/officials-say-a-chemical-explosion-in-orange-county-could-be-catastrophic-heres-why-los-angeles-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials say a chemical explosion in Orange County could be catastrophic. Here\u2019s why. &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNbGNwWjVSMGkwLU44cUdlTVhSMTAxUlVULTBzT0JIRVF5WGU0b2pqQks5UGlSMXU0bWhPTWxXcGdLLWNaR2lacHdURUFzQ0dyaFlkMzJuT18zLU1lSGVjMHV4SFZ3bGY3eWoyYmFhR3ljZHUxQVVtRzc3bjJwSm5sTXVqanNOVzhUV2VvRjJYS0liMTdjN05DaHVKeVpFVElvaU5rUk9HSmlvUFpTUnBNUDFR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Officials say a chemical explosion in Orange County could be catastrophic. Here\u2019s why.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOYTlXbFRyTlpabDctenJ1aklmdzU4d21SRkR0SVAwN0kteGJGdmR3QjJRT1I5ZFQyZHZrbkZXdVJWekZFZXpQNkFaRXpJaEl4MmJNVnFPT2g4dkVoMEZ0U1VNbzQ4U0IwdVlvTzRmcUNrOFRucFFxMWZaTUEtd2ExTnhFbDNna1RqZk8xNmlzYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How a Chemical Tank in Southern California Came to the Brink of Disaster<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands still evacuated amid Orange County toxic chemical leak that could lead to explosion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KTLA<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQNlpybmVvRzkwN2IyYXNwbTVUUHNPV0dyVnZIaW9QeXByd3BKcy1RNlp5dlVpVktkR0lEeGk2dnJnUjVucFhGTDcwS1lDbjRLeXpyclVqOHh2X3gzV0RuVFkxcXY0am9ZdUdoTXFXNzJzalhtcV93SlMzbFh5bm51SUxmalFlOERHaHVyVlZ1TXlSUUhjUExicG80dWZrQnct?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A night of fear, confusion as thousands flee their homes in O.C. amid chemical crisis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQTS14d2RZV3NKZUdoX3p1MmNjUk1Pek9VczBGbkdtTGl1S2owYXpPa1pBbnMwX1ctRnRNcWNiQVBEUXdGX2dqVzRocWhVc1BFNUV0Q3pYUzg5WnNEMGExX2lDanROVnRwenNkX2xlX2hKem1CVjJUVElUS2lJZ25yek91Uk1hY284N2tLM1lqYnlpSmprMXNpSnZzcWFzalJYOVliODA5Qm9lOGtGd1ZYU2pFTWxldw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Map shows Garden Grove hazmat incident and evacuation around aerospace plant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Orange County Register<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials say a chemical explosion in Orange County could be catastrophic. Here\u2019s why.&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times How a Chemical Tank in Southern California Came to the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/23\/officials-say-a-chemical-explosion-in-orange-county-could-be-catastrophic-heres-why-los-angeles-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}