Firefighters on Saturday were trying to cool a chemical tank “literally on the edge” of exploding in Garden Grove, California, as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the ...

Federal agents were looking for records that might shed light on why chemicals overheated, threatening a catastrophe in ...

Evacuation orders have been issued in portions of the cities of Garden Grove, Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Stanton and ...

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

The vast majority of the 50,000 people evacuated because of a damaged chemical tank loaded with 7,000 gallons of methyl ...

Decades of once‑secret US military reports, videos and witness accounts reveal strange glowing objects in the sky that officials have logged but still struggle to explain.

May 25 (Reuters) - Firefighters contending with a dangerously overheating industrial tank of a hazardous chemical in Southern California have eliminated the possibility of the tank exploding after a ...

An "unprecedented" situation was taking hold in Orange County on Friday, as a chemical tank was at risk of spewing a highly toxic chemical that can cause severe respiratory distress and ...

Fire officials said the chemical tank in Garden Grove, California, has begun to stabilize as pressure is released and its internal temperature falls.

The evacuation zone is reduced after an all-night operation confirmed a crack in the tank in relieving atmosphere and pressure, OC fire officials say.