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An issue with a valve caused the contents of a chemical storage tank in Garden Grove, California, to overheat, prompting fears of a possible disaster that threatened to expose residents to toxic ...

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 ...

Recap: Firefighters face ‘unprecedented' Garden Grove chemical tank crisis Orange County authorities are weighing options in a volatile hazardous materials situation involving a toxic chemical tank ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fire officials are trying to figure out how to keep a chemical tank from leaking or exploding in Garden Grove. (Allen J. Schaben / ...

The board said the administration is taking “a significant step backwards” on preventing chemical disasters. By Hiroko Tabuchi For a year now, the Chemical Safety Board, a small independent agency ...

Two large blue steel barrels at an industrial site. One of the barrels has a white sticker that reads “Toxic” and a yellow sticker that reads “Flammable liquid.” US chemical regulation faces renewed ...