LOS ANGELES — Southern California officials lifted a sweeping evacuation order in Orange County late Tuesday after firefighters announced they had stabilized...

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

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Wayhowe Huang said officials will be continuing to evaluate the tank Sunday after emergency crews spotted the potential crack overnight. As of…

About 50,000 people in Orange County have been told to evacuate the danger zone around the tank.

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.

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

California crews conducted an overnight operation at the site of a chemical leak in Orange County and said Monday that the threat of an explosion is "off the table."

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 in Southern California said Monday the danger of a catastrophic explosion at a damaged chemical tank has been eliminated after an overnight...

Miles de personas fueron evacuadas del condado de Orange tras el incidente

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

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 \