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

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.

Two people suffered minor injuries after a tank exploded at a Holbrook scrapyard Wednesday morning, according to Suffolk County police. Police say the explosion happened around 7:30 a.m. at Arrow ...

Officials who have been scrambling to find a safe resolution after a tank containing a hazardous chemical at a Southern California aerospace plant was damaged believe the risk of a catastrophic ...

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.

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.

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

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 ...

Search crews are expected to navigate treacherous circumstances as they continue efforts to recover nine people, who are presumed dead, a day after a deadly chemical tank rupture at a paper plant in ...