The tank at GKN Aerospace is estimated to contain 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a volatile chemical used to produce plastics.

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Experts trying to prevent a tank holding a highly toxic and flammable chemical from exploding in ...

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

Tuesday night after days of anxious waiting as fire crews worked to prevent a tank full of a toxic and flammable chemical from exploding.

Fire officials have been unable to control the valves on a leaking storage tank at a manufacturing facility in Orange County.

More than 30 lawsuits have been filed against GKN Aerospace after one of the company’s tanks containing a highly flammable ...

A DEVASTATING chemical plant explosion has left 11 people dead after the final missing bodies were recovered days after a massive tank imploded. Emergency crews confirmed on Saturday that all nine ...

We are bringing people in from all over the country … trying to come up with additional options,’ a fire official said.

A crack has relieved some pressure in a damaged chemical tank and the temperature of the highly flammable gas inside is continuing to fall, leading authorities to say Monday they believe the risk of a ...

The evacuation order has been lifted for residents in Garden Grove after authorities determined that the threat of a catastrophic toxic chemical tank explosion had been eliminated.

Emergency officials lifted an evacuation order Monday for some of the people who live near a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical in Southern California after temperatures inside the tank fell ...