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Firefighters are left without any options to prevent the tank, filled with a toxic chemical, from collapsing or exploding. The authorities have urged thousands of people to evacuate their homes. By ...

The E.P.A. warns that short-term exposure to the compound can cause skin and eye irritation and respiratory issues. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn Methyl methacrylate, the highly flammable organic ...

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The global chemical industry is facing a profound economic and environmental reckoning. Once a model of innovation and economic achievement, it has increasingly become rigid and outdated.

Emergency crews launched a high-stakes "offensive" overnight mission at a Southern California aerospace facility to neutralize an adjacent chemical tank, as the internal temperature of a failing ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The chemical leak that triggered evacuations across a swath of Orange County on Friday is located at GKN Aerospace ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- There is no longer a threat of explosion, fire or chemical leak for a damaged tank at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, the Orange County Fire Authority ...

The threat of a massive chemical explosion has been “eliminated,” fire officials said Monday, marking a turning point in the five-day crisis over a ruptured tank at a Garden Grove aerospace facility.

ORANGE Co., Calif (KGO) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Orange County amid ongoing efforts to stabilize a damaged chemical tank at a ...