{"id":457633,"date":"2026-09-08T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457633\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:10:14","slug":"southern-california-authorities-respond-to-a-leak-of-an-unknown-chemical-from-a-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457633\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California authorities respond to a leak of an unknown chemical from a tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By CHRISTOPHER WEBER<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Authorities in Southern California responded to a slow leak from a chemical tank on Tuesday but quickly got it under control.<\/p>\n<p>The substance and the leak\u2019s origin remain unknown, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Kaitlyn Aldana said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firetrucks blocked off roads following a reported chemical leak, Tuesday,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Southern_California_Chemical_Leak_75992.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Firetrucks blocked off roads following a reported chemical leak, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in La Habra, souther Calif. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A fire fighter is assisted in removing his hazmat suit...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Southern_California_Chemical_Leak_77_93.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A fire fighter is assisted in removing his hazmat suit following a reported chemical leak, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in La Habra, southern Calif. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firetrucks blocked off roads following a reported chemical leak, Tuesday,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Southern_California_Chemical_Leak_55112-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Firetrucks blocked off roads following a reported chemical leak, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in La Habra, southern Calif. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency vehicles line a cordoned off street near a chemical...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Southern_California_Chemical_Leak_95753.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Emergency vehicles line a cordoned off street near a chemical leak Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in La Habra, Calif. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 4<\/p>\n<p>Firetrucks blocked off roads following a reported chemical leak, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in La Habra, souther Calif. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three people on scene declined transport to a hospital, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Photos posted to social media showed what appeared to be an orange haze or mist in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>La Habra Mayor Jose Medrano urged residents to shelter in place and said some streets were being evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Gomez, who manages a pickleball program nearby, said he could see an orange cloud rising in the sky. He called police and was told anyone within a mile radius of the location is under an evacuation order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said, \u2018if you\u2019re inside the one-mile (radius), you have to leave right now,\u2019\u201d Gomez said, adding he\u2019s closing down his program for the rest of the day<\/p>\n<p>The area is a mix of residential neighborhoods and industrial warehouses about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Anaheim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Authorities in Southern California responded to a slow leak from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[136492,5910,74,76,75,1009],"class_list":["post-457633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-chemical-leak","tag-la-habra","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-southern-california"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}