Emergency crews are working nonstop to prevent an overheating tank filled with a toxic chemical from leaking or triggering what could be a catastrophic explosion as approximately 50,000 residents in ...

More than 50,000 people in California remain evacuated due to an Orange County chemical leak that prompted Gov. Newsom to request that President Trump issue a Federal Emergency Declaration.

Officials say a 34,000-gallon chemical tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove is actively in crisis, prompting urgent ...

Officials reduced the zone of evacuation orders near a Garden Grove, California, chemical tank, after the risk of a "worst-case scenario" has passed.

Thousands are under evacuation orders in California as officials work to cool off an overheating chemical tank at risk of ...

LOS ANGELES >> A leaking chemical tank is going to fail or explode in an “unprecedented” event that saw officials order ...

May 25 (Reuters) - Firefighters contending with a dangerously overheating industrial tank of a hazardous chemical in Southern ...

We are bringing people in from all over the country … trying to come up with additional options,’ a fire official said.

Officials have lifted all evacuation orders related to an overheating chemical tank in southern California, a day after a crack in the structure eliminated the risk of a catastrophic blast.

Concerns over a possible explosion or leak prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of residents, many of whom are staying in shelters.

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California officials lifted the final evacuation orders Tuesday night for residents who live near a damaged chemical tank, allowing 16,000 people to return home.

The tank ruptured Tuesday at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility in Longview, a city located along the southern Washington border with Oregon, killing 11 people.