Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says

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An overheated chemical tank near Disneyland in Orange County, California, is likely to fail, potentially causing a chemical explosion. The EPA chief warned about the risk, though the situation has varied possible outcomes.

Lee Zeldin says ‘low-volume release’ of flammable chemicals is most likely amid fears of explosion at Orange county facility near Disneyland Government officials in Orange county, California, have warned that an overheated chemical tank “will fail” and could result in a chemical explosion in the area, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator said on Sunday. “We’re being told that the tank will fail, but there are different scenarios as to what that means,” Lee Zeldin, told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. Zeldin, a former Republican congressman with no prior experience in environmental policy, was chosen by Trump as the head of the EPA. Continue reading...