At least two people were killed and nine workers are "unrecovered" following the implosion of a chemical tank at a pulp and paper mill in southern Washington state on Tuesday, according to a news ...

About 50,000 people who were evacuated because of the threat of a failing chemical tank in Orange County, California, have now been allowed to return home. The tank, which contains thousands of ...

The risk of a large explosion has been averted, officials say. But a smaller blast remains possible, and 16,000 people remain displaced. By Reis Thebault Heather Knight Shawn Hubler and Christina ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 40,000 people were affected by the evacuation order (Blake Fagan) (Blake Fagan/AFP/AFP) Firefighters warned Saturday that a tank ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Orange County on Saturday after a hazardous chemical incident at an aerospace facility forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents. The ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Orange County on Saturday afternoon as the temperature inside a malfunctioning chemical storage tank in Garden Grove rose to dangerous levels while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fire officials are trying to figure out how to keep a chemical tank from leaking or exploding in Garden Grove. (Allen J. Schaben / ...

The threat of a massive chemical explosion has been “eliminated,” fire officials said Monday, marking a turning point in the five-day crisis over a ruptured tank at a Garden Grove aerospace facility.

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 ...

A massive tank leaking toxic chemicals into the sky over Garden Grove, California is now at risk of exploding, officials warned in a terrifying update to the ongoing situation. The Orange County Fire ...