FBI seizing evidence at California plant where chemical tank overheated
Federal authorities served a search warrant on Wednesday at a Southern California aerospace facility where a chemical tank overheated last month, forc...
FBI searches southern California facility where chemical incident spurred evacuation
Chemical tank overheated in May and forced evacuation of 50,000 nearby residents due to danger of explosionThe FBI is searching a southern California ...
US chemical tank disasters remain rare despite recent incidents, experts say
Tragedy in Washington and near-miss in California cast in sharp relief the risk of chemical spills and explosionsFor several tense days last week, ten...
US garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn
The virtually indestructible Pfas waste puts largely low-income neighborhoods at risk, public health advocates sayThe nation’s garbage incinerators ar...
Crack in California chemical tank averts ‘catastrophic’ blast but thousands remain evacuated
Officials say still not safe for 16,000 people to return home as crews in Orange county work to neutralize damaged tankA crack that formed by chance i...
Chemical tank crack eases explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California
US officials hope damaged tank at California aerospace site will relieve pressure and avert blast riskA damaged chemical tank in southern California c...
California chemical tank has cracked causing state of emergency, thousands to evacuate
One California town is in a state of emergency and 40,000 people are under an evacuation order as a malfunctioning chemical tank at an aerospace plant...
Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says
Lee Zeldin says ‘low-volume release’ of flammable chemicals is most likely amid fears of explosion at Orange county facility near DisneylandGovernment...
California: 40,000 people ordered to evacuate over chemical leak fears
Authorities in Orange county say tank holding methyl methacrylate ‘actively in crisis’ and urge residents to leaveAuthorities in Orange county, Califo...
40,000 people under evacuation orders after chemical tank leak in Southern California
About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardou...
Chemical leak at a W.Va. plant kills 2 people, sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant, a silver recovery business. An emergency management official says workers were preparing to shut dow...
