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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

All evacuation orders lifted in Garden Grove, CA for the GKN Aerospace toxic chemical incident

This evening the Orange County Fire Authority announced that all evacuation orders related to the Garden Grove hazardous materials incident have been lifted.

Unified Command (Fire, Law, EPA, and County Health) have confirmed there is:
✅ No chemical leak
✅ No threat of explosion
✅ No threat of fire
✅ No risk to the public

The OCFA released this revised map:


Map Details:
Green shaded area on the map = Repopulation area
Red line = Road closure (Western between Chapman & Garden Grove Blvd.)
Red circle = An exclusion zone to allow hazardous materials teams to continue monitoring the tanks out of an abundance of caution (no residents affected).

The OCFA also announced earlier today that the tank temperature had stabilized at 92° F and that they had secured all of the other nearby tanks.

No further details are available at this time.

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