Firefighters were able to reduce the tank’s temperature, buying crews more time to stabilise the situation.

About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials…

Southern California officials have expanded an evacuation zone in several Orange County cities over a toxic chemical tank that they say is "actively in crisis."

Officials fear a failing chemical tank holding flammable chemicals is going to spill or explode

Southern California officials have expanded evacuations in several Orange County cities due to concerns over a leaking toxic chemical tank that they say is "actively in crisis."

An official said there's no active leak, but evacuations orders are to prepare for either a spill or an explosion from a failing chemical tank.

No injuries or deaths have been reported, authorities said.

The tank contained 26,000 litres of methyl methacrylate, a volatile and flammable liquid used to make plastics, with firefighters warning the situation was looking grim.

Authorities in Southern California on Friday were racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make…

Thousands evacuated in Southern California as officials manage a failing chemical tank to prevent potential leaks or explosions.

Chemical tank leak in Garden Grove forces 40,000 evacuations as crews race to prevent a possible explosion at a Southern California aerospace plastics plant.

In dem Tank befindet sich eine brennbare, gefährliche Chemikalie. Der Tank wird derzeit von außen mit Wasser gekühlt, um ein weiteres Aufheizen zu verhindern.

Firefighters were able to reduce the tank’s temperature, buying crews more time to stabilise the situation.

Authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 40,000 people on Friday after a huge storage tank began leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts,…

Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as officials race to stop a tank with dangerous chemicals from blowing up in California, USA

Efforts are on to stabilize a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California where tens of thousands of people have been ordered out of their homes.

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...employees saw that the tank was bulging, a sign it was still “actively in crisis... It can crack and leak, or it can blow up.”

Temperature rising in chemical tank at risk of exploding in California

Authorities in Southern California on Friday were racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make…

Efforts are on to stabilize a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California where tens of thousands of people have been ordered out of their homes.