State Denies Funding For Westminster’s Chemical Tank Emergency Response

Westminster officials are still grappling for reimbursement after responding to the chemical tank emergency officials say could’ve exploded in Garden Grove roughly a few months ago, when about 50,000 people were evacuated in North Orange County.

[Read: Thousands in North OC Remain Evacuated as Firefighters Find Potential Crack in Chemical Tank]

City Manager Christine Cordon said the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – more commonly known as CalOES – denied the city’s reimbursement claim over the weekend…

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