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Correction: Southern California-Chemical Tan story

The Associated Press

May 26, 2026, 8:54 PM

Southern California Chemical Tank Emergency personnel work at the incident command post at the Los Alamitos Race Course Sunday, May 24, 2026, in Cypress, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
AP Photo/Ethan Swope
Southern California Chemical Tank The streets remain empty in Garden Grove, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026, after a storage tank containing a chemical used to make plastic parts overheated Thursday at an aerospace plastics facility. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
AP Photo/Ethan Swope
Southern California Chemical Tank An evacuation map is displayed at the incident command post at the Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
AP Photo/Ethan Swope
Southern California Chemical Tank An American Red Cross volunteer walks outside Freedom Hall, an evacuation center in Fountain Valley, Calif.,on Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
AP Photo/Ethan Swope
Southern California Chemical Tank People walk outside Freedom Hall, an evacuation center in Fountain Valley, Calif., on Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
AP Photo/Ethan Swope
Southern California Chemical Tank People tend to their pets outside Freedom Hall, an evacuation center in Fountain Valley, Calif., on Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
AP Photo/Ethan Swope
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In a story published May. 26, 2026, about attribution of a quote in a story about a damaged chemical tank in California, The Associated Press attributed a quote to the wrong official. It was from TJ McGovern, interim fire chief of the Orange County Fire Authority, not division chief Craig Covey.

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