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The emergency response to the threat of a chemical tank explosion in Garden Grove will transition to a cleanup phase Friday morning. GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- There is no longer a threat of ...

The remaining 16,000 residents of a Southern California city were allowed to return home Tuesday, days after the threat of a catastrophic explosion at a chemical tank prompted fears of an ...

One person is confirmed dead and nine others are unaccounted for after a Washington state chemical implosion that has proven to be even larger than previously reported. A vat containing around 900,000 ...

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.

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Crews responding to the chemical emergency at a Southern California aerospace facility discovered what officials described as a possible crack in the unstable tank that may be relieving pressure ...

Experts trying to prevent a tank of hazardous chemicals from exploding in Southern California found a "potential crack" in the container that might be reducing the pressure, a fire official said on ...