16,000 residents were allowed to return home Tuesday night after days of anxious waiting as fire crews worked to prevent a tank full of a toxic and flammable chemical from exploding.

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

Authorities in Southern California are scrambling to find a safe resolution as a damaged chemical tank at an aerospace facility posed a threat of a leak or even an explosion.

Pressure may ease at leaking methyl methacrylate tank, but evacuations stay in place

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

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

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…

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

Officials reduced the size of the evacuation order in California as the risk of a tank of chemicals exploding ended. About 16K still evacuated.

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

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…