About 40,000 Californians were forced to evacuate their homes on Friday following a leak from a chemical storage tank in the southern part of the state. On Saturday, firefighters recorded an increase in the temperature of the hazardous substance, rising from 25°C to 32°C.

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."

Une citerne de 26 000 litres de méthacrylate de méthyle, un produit chimique liquide et inflammable utilisé pour la fabrication du plastique, présente une fuite dans une localité…

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…

LOS ANGELES, May 23 — Tens of thousands of people were ordered to leave their homes in California yesterday after a huge chemical tank began leaking, with warnings it might blow...

Ein Lagertank mit einer gefährlichen Chemikalie droht in Kalifornien zu explodieren. Die Behörden haben die Evakuierung von rund 40.000 Anwohnern angeordnet. Nicht alle wollen der…

Ein Lagertank mit einer gefährlichen Chemikalie droht in Kalifornien zu explodieren. Die Behörden haben die Evakuierung von rund 40.000 Anwohnern angeordnet. Nicht alle wollen der…

Unas 40,000 personas se encontraban bajo órdenes de evacuación en la zona

Las autoridades del Condado de Orange comenzaron las labores de evacuación masiva tras detectarse problemas insalvables en un contenedor industrial de metacrilato de metilo, un…

Le produit, qui fait redouter une explosion vendredi, le méthacrylate de méthyle, est liquide et inflammable.

Las autoridades han detectado problemas en un contenedor industrial de la instalación que posee un compuesto inflamable y tóxico.

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

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En California se realizó evacuación masiva por fuga y peligro de explosión de tanque químico; personas se encuentran en refugios

Temperature rising in chemical tank at risk of exploding in California

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…