Order facilitates support for 40,000 people told to evacuate Orange county as responders try to divert explosion

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."

Authorities in Orange County say they’re unable to control the valves on a tank that contains methyl methacrylate, a chemical used in the manufacture of plexiglass.

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

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.

Southern California officials are desperately searching for a safe resolution to a leaking toxic chemical tank at an aerospace facility.

California's governor declared a state of emergency in Orange County on Saturday as emergency crews continue their efforts to cool down an overheated chemical storage tank and…

Tens of thousands of residents are under evacuation in Orange County due to a tank containing roughly 7,000 gallons of a toxic industrial chemical.

Equipos de emergencia trabajan para estabilizar la temperatura de un tanque cargado con 7 mil galones de metacrilato de metilo, usado para fabricar plásticos acrílicos

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Orange County, Calif., in response to a hazardous chemical incident there.

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.

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Orange County and his office pleaded for residents to follow evacuation orders.

Southern California officials are desperately searching for a safe resolution to a leaking toxic chemical tank at an aerospace facility.

Evacuation orders are in place for an area covering tens of thousands of people in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Order facilitates support for 40,000 people told to evacuate Orange county as responders try to divert explosion

California declares state of emergency in Orange County after chemical incident-

Newsom said the state is 'mobilizing every resource available' after more than 40,000 residents were ordered to evacuate Orange County.

Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated and Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared an emergency as officials try to thwart an explosion at the facility in the city of Garden…

El problema se desató en una instalación aeroespacial ubicada en Garden Grove, en la ciudad de Orange.Cuerpos de Bomberos de todo el país se trasladaron al lugar y buscan enfriar…

Overheated tanks at risk of exploding have prompted emergency response efforts and evacuations in Garden Grove, California.