What to Know A compromised chemical storage tank at Garden Grove’s GKN Aerospace facility is threatening to leak its toxic contents or explode in what authorities called an unprecedented emergency.

An all-night operation confirmed a crack in the tank in relieving atmosphere and pressure, OC fire officials say.

Crews in California race to cool a damaged chemical tank that could explode at any time, prompting 50,000 to evacuate. Here's the latest on the efforts. (AP Photo) ...

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Experts trying to prevent a tank holding a highly toxic and flammable chemical from exploding in Southern California found a "potential crack" in the container that might ...

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

A fire ripped through a building on Route 9 in Brookline, igniting compressed air tanks at a scuba diving shop on the first floor.

What sent a chemical storage tank in Garden Grove, California, to the verge of either leaking or blowing up?

Officials have lifted all evacuation orders related to an overheating chemical tank in southern California, a day after a crack in the structure eliminated the risk of a catastrophic blast.

Firefighters contending with a dangerously overheating industrial tank of a hazardous chemical in Southern California have ...

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

A tank at a Garden Grove aerospace plant came within a crack of exploding and forcing a toxic chemical cloud over 50,000 evacuated residents — here's what regulators knew before it happened.

A potential crack may be releasing pressure inside a toxic chemical tank in Garden Grove, officials said Sunday, a development they hope could help avert a devastating vapor explosion.