Firefighters warned on Saturday that a tank of toxic chemicals in California is heating up, adding to fears of a catastrophic explosion that has already forced tens of thousands of Californians to evacuate.

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.

'This thing is going to fail. We don't know when,' Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey warned during a tense emergency briefing Friday.

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...

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.

About 40,000 residents evacuated after a chemical tank failure at a Garden Grove aerospace facility triggered safety concerns.

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,…

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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

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…

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.

Firefighters trying to prevent an explosion in a tank of hazardous chemicals in Southern California found overnight that the failing tank was heating up internally despite efforts…

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

One California town is in a state of emergency and 50,000 people are under an evacuation order as a malfunctioning chemical tank at an aerospace plant is overheating and could…

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