{"id":73983,"date":"2026-05-25T07:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/chemical-tank-crack-eases-explosion-fears-as-50000-residents-flee-california\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:56:31","slug":"chemical-tank-crack-eases-explosion-fears-as-50000-residents-flee-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/chemical-tank-crack-eases-explosion-fears-as-50000-residents-flee-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical tank crack eases explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US officials hope damaged tank at California aerospace site will relieve pressure and avert blast risk<\/p>\n<p>A damaged chemical tank in southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\">California<\/a> cracked over the weekend, which authorities were hopeful would relieve pressure and reduce the risk of an explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Some 50,000 residents in Garden Grove, a city of roughly 170,000 about 40 miles (60km) south of downtown Los Angeles, have been evacuated and are waiting for a resolution.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/25\/chemical-tank-crack-california\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US officials hope damaged tank at California aerospace site will relieve pressure and avert blast risk A damaged chemical tank in southern California cracked over the weekend, which authorities were hopeful would relieve pressure and reduce the risk of an explosion. Some 50,000 residents in Garden Grove, a city of roughly 170,000 about 40 miles &#8230; <a title=\"Chemical tank crack eases explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/chemical-tank-crack-eases-explosion-fears-as-50000-residents-flee-california\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chemical tank crack eases explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}