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

More than 50,000 people in California remain evacuated due to an Orange County chemical leak that prompted Gov. Newsom to request that President Trump issue a Federal Emergency Declaration.

A Qatari LNG tanker sustained damage in an attack near the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel, Al Rekayyat, is reportedly at risk ...

A Qatari LNG tanker damaged in an attack near the Strait of Hormuz was reported to face an explosion risk, though there was ...

May 25 (Reuters) - 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 ...

California crews conducted an overnight operation at the Orange County site of a chemical leak in Garden Grove and said Monday that the threat of a massive explosion had been "eliminated." ...

Fire officials said the chemical tank in Garden Grove, California, has begun to stabilize as pressure is released and its internal temperature falls.

A damaged chemical tank in Southern California has a crack, potentially lowering the risk of a cataclysmic explosion, though an evacuation order remains in effect for some 50,000 area residents with ...

Authorities braced for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 40,000 residents ...

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