The threat of a toxic chemical tank explosion in Southern California has subsided enough to allow some of the 50,000 residents who were evacuated to return to their homes, officials said late Monday.

An investigation found the company was told 10 months prior the tank was "not fit for continued service" and could fail.

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. The threat ...

Three gas tanks exploded in Glenpool, Oklahoma, on Monday, after lightning struck a tank at a pipeline facility.

Authorities in Southern California’s Orange County said on May 25 that the threat that a chemical tank will suffer a catastrophic explosion has been “eliminated,” but they said that evacuation orders ...

Authorities now say the threat of a catastrophic explosion known as a BLEVE has been "eliminated" after a tank holding dangerous chemicals cracked at a Southern California aerospace facility last week ...

A massive explosion blew the lid off a huge liquid natural gas tank in Oklahoma and sent it flying. Officials believe it was a lightning strike that set off a fire that caused the blast at the ...

A potential crack may be releasing pressure inside a toxic chemical tank in Southern California, officials said, a ...

Officials late Friday afternoon said they hoped to buy time against a possible explosion that could produce a toxic cloud following a malfunction in a tank containing a flammable, volatile chemical ...