Firefighters contending with a dangerously overheating industrial tank of a hazardous chemical in Southern California have ...

Although officials are focused on measuring pressure, the crack eventually could allow authorities to gradually drain the chemicals.

All evacuation orders from a chemical emergency at a GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, were lifted Tuesday after the tank stabilized.

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Experts trying to prevent a tank holding a highly toxic and flammable chemical from exploding in Southern California found a "potential crack" in the container that might ...

More than 30 lawsuits have been filed against GKN Aerospace after one of the company’s tanks containing a highly flammable ...

The tank at GKN Aerospace is estimated to contain 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a volatile chemical used to produce plastics.

California officials have said the threat of a failing chemical tank in Orange County has been eliminated following an intervention overnight. The tank, which contained 6,000-7,000 gallons of the ...

We are cooperating with authorities at our Garden Grove facility and will continue to do so,' a GKN spokesperson said.

The evacuation order has been lifted for residents in Garden Grove after authorities determined that the threat of a catastrophic toxic chemical tank explosion had been eliminated.

A damaged chemical tank in Southern California has a crack, potentially lowering the risk of a cataclysmic explosion, though an evacuation order remains in effect for some 50,000 area residents with ...

Officials reduced evacuation orders in Garden Grove after temperatures inside a hazardous chemical tank dropped, eliminating the risk of a catastrophic explosion that once threatened about 50,000 ...

Authorities braced for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 40,000 residents ...