Firefighters on Saturday were trying to cool a chemical tank “literally on the edge” of exploding in Garden Grove, California, as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the ...

Three people were injured Thursday after a propane tank explosion destroyed homes in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

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 bracing for the possibility that a volatile chemical tank could either rupture or ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pressurized tank filled with methyl methacrylate is sprayed with water at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove on Saturday. (Jeff ...

The exact nature of the damage, and what contingencies are in place to deal with it, have not been made clear.

Some 50,000 residents in the densely populated area are under evacuation orders.

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

Officials said they did not believe anyone was still alive inside the facility. The explosion has left at least two people dead and several others injured. By Anna Griffin Billy Witz Christine Hauser ...