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Video: Garden Grove hazmat news conference with fire, police and elected officials

OCFA Division Chief Craig Covey, during a press conference at Los Alamitos racetrack in Cypress, gives an update on a hazmat situation in  Garden Grove on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
OCFA Division Chief Craig Covey, during a press conference at Los Alamitos racetrack in Cypress, gives an update on a hazmat situation in Garden Grove on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Officials from the Orange County Fire Authority, Garden Grove Police Department and Los Angeles County held a news conference Friday afternoon at Los Alamitos Race Track to update the public on the chemical tank that’s in danger of exploding in the city of Garden Grove:

(Video courtesy of ABC7)

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OCFA Division Chief Craig Covey, during a press conference at Los Alamitos racetrack in Cypress, gives an update on a hazmat situation in Garden Grove on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
OCFA Division Chief Craig Covey, during a press conference at Los Alamitos racetrack in Cypress, gives an update on a hazmat situation in Garden Grove on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)