About 16,000 people remain under evacuation orders in Southern California as an overheated chemical tank still poses a risk to homes closest to the site, and officials gave no word Tuesday on when residents might be able to return home.

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

The temperature is rising at the huge chemical tank and tens of thousands of evacuated people have no timeline for their return home.

The tank contains 26,000 litres of a flammable liquid used to make plastics, with firefighters warning the situation was serious.

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…

Thousands are under evacuation orders in California as officials work to cool off an overheating chemical tank at risk of exploding.

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…

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

Firefighters contending with an overheating tank of hazardous chemicals in Southern California on Monday said an overnight operation had eliminated the possibility of the tank…

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

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

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

Authorities — scrambling to find a safe resolution after a tank containing a hazardous chemical at a Southern California aerospace plant was damaged — believe the risk of a…

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

Officials reduced the zone of evacuation orders near a Garden Grove, California, chemical tank, after the risk of a \

Approximately 16,000 individuals out of an initial 50,000 evacuees are still awaiting clearance to return home