AERIAL VIEW of tanks emitting toxic gas from a plastics plant in West Garden Grove.
UPDATE: The evacuation area has been expanded in the toxic gas leak in Garden Grove, which now takes in some parts of Cypress, Stanton and Anaheim, according to authorities.
The new boundaries of the “zone” are now from Ball Road to Trask Avenue and from Valley View Street to Dale Street. Beach Boulevard is closed from Garden Grove Boulevard to Orangewood Avenue.
A reception center is opened in Cypress at 5700 Orange Ave.
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Complications in the struggle to end the leak of toxic gas from a plastic manufacturing plant in West Garden Grove on Thursday emerged on Friday and led to a resumption of evacuation orders.
No injuries have been reported.
The area affected included some parts of Stanton as well.
According to the Orange County Fire Authority,Thursday’s cooling efforts were successful and evacuation orders were lifted, but an “inoperable” valve in one of the involved tanks “created new challenges.”
The location of the incident is the GKN Aerospace in the 12000 block of Western Avenue.
The leak was first noted at about 3:22 p.m. on Thursday.
Schools in the area (mostly in the Garden Grove Unified School District) were shut down.
Here’s the list:
• Barker Elementary;
• Bryant Elementary
• Carver Elementary;
• Enders Elementary
• Garden Park Elementary;
• Wakeham Elementary;
• Patton Elementary;
• Bell Intermediate;
• Alamitos Intermediate;
• Pacifica High;
• Rancho Alamitos High;
• Skylark Preschool.
Evacuation zones were in the area north of Garden Grove Boulevard, south of Orangewood Avenue, east of Springdale Avenue and west of Dale Street.
Evacuation centers are the Garden Grove Sports and Recreation Center (next to Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove Park) and Stanton Civic Center, 7800 Katella Ave., west of Beach Boulevard.
