GARDEN GROVE, CA - MAY 24, 2026: Alma Corona, right, walks Spot, a 4 year old Jack Russell Terrier, next to her tent outside the Freedom Hall shelter on Sunday, May 24, 2026, in Garden Grove, CA. 44,000 people remain evacuated after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate (MMA) leaked at a garden Grove aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air on Thursday. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times) (Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)
La Palma, CA - May 23, 2026: Jules Olivas, of Anaheim, sits and cries in her car n the parking lot of Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA, which was converted to a shelter for evacuees from the ongoing hazardous materials incident, on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Olivas said she first evacuated to the Cypress Community Center shelter yesterday but let in the parking lot there after someone set off the smoke detector in a lavatory. “I could not sleep on a cot knowing that an elderly person would need it,’ She said. Tens of thousands told to evacuate after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate leaked at a garden Grove aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Fountain Valley, CA - May 23: A child reveals his feelings as evacuees gather outside while taking shelter at the Freedom Hall evacuation center at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley on the third day of a toxic chemical leak at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove on Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
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Fountain Valley, CA - May 23, 2026: Nathalie Bouriche, of Anaheim, sits on a cot where she spent the night, along with her son, Abde Atti, 16, seated behind her having evacuated to Freedom Hall, due to the chemical leak, on Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Fountain Valley, CA. Tens of thousands told to evacuate after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate leaked at an aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Fountain Valley, CA - May 23, 2026: People’s belongings are spread out on cots in the Freedom Hall, after taking refuge due to the Chemical Leak at GKN Aerospace Transparency building, on Saturday, May 23, 2026 in Fountain Valley, CA. Tens of thousands told to evacuate after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate leaked at an aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
An Orange County Fire Department firefighter instructs a photographer to evacuate from the GKN Aerospace Transparency area (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Evacuation orders were issued for thousands of residents and schools were closed in Garden Grove (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
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La Palma, CA - May 23, 2026: Cats belonging to a evacuee from Anaheim wait in travel bags in parking lot of Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA, which was converted to a shelter for evacuees from the ongoing hazardous materials incident, on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Tens of thousands told to evacuate after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate leaked at a garden Grove aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Fountain Valley, CA - May 23: Evacuees take shelter as American Red Cross workers offer drinks and food at the Freedom Hall evacuation center at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley on the third day of a toxic chemical leak at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove on Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
