Officials ordered evacuations in Garden Grove near Los Angeles last Thursday after the tank at an aerospace plant overheated. About 16,000 of roughly 50,000 evacuees are still waiting for the all-clear.

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…

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

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

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

California authorities said on Sunday they had discovered a crack in a damaged tank containing toxic chemicals, easing concerns over a potential explosion that prompted the…

Authorities are trying to tamp down the risk of a possible explosion or leak of a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California.

Nearly 50,000 people evacuated have been from their homes in Orange County, California

Decenas de miles de personas han tenido que ser evacuadas de sus hogares por el riesgo de esta explosión.

Fire officials said the chemical tank in Garden Grove, California, has begun to stabilize as temperatures and pressure levels fall.

Authorities in Southern California are scrambling to find a safe resolution as a damaged chemical tank overheats

Officials ordered about 50,000 Garden Grove residents to evacuate their homes after the tank overheated and pressure built up inside.

Evacuation orders remained in place for about 50,000 people in Garden Grove, California, located south of Los Angeles.

Emergency crews raced overnight to prevent a tank holding a volatile industrial chemical from exploding at an aerospace facility in Southern California.

Despite this positive development, evacuation orders remain in place for approximately 50,000 residents in Garden Grove

Officials in Orange County, California, said the threat of a massive chemical explosion at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove has been eliminated.

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Emergency officials have lifted an evacuation order for some of the tens of thousands of people who live near a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical in Southern California.

There still was a small explosion concern and spill potential, officials said, as evacuation orders were lowered from around 60,000 to 16,000 people.

Emergency officials have lifted an evacuation order for some of the tens of thousands of people who live near a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical in Southern California