Around 50,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as local authorities face an ongoing 'worst-case scenario' and try and stop a chemical tank from exploding

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

Authorities in Orange county say tank holding methyl methacrylate ‘actively in crisis’ and urge residents to leave

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…

'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...

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…

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.

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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...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.”

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.

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…

Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California could leak or explode.