More than 50,000 people in California remain evacuated due to an Orange County chemical leak that prompted Gov. Newsom to ...

Emergency crews are working nonstop to prevent an overheating tank filled with a toxic chemical from leaking or triggering ...

Fire crews have worked through the night on a dangerous mission to test the pressure inside the chemical tank.

Authorities said they don't yet know what caused a 900,000-gallon vat at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility to implode.

A potential crack may be releasing pressure inside a toxic chemical tank in Garden Grove, officials said Sunday, a development they hope could help avert a devastating vapor explosion.

Officials have lifted all evacuation orders related to an overheating chemical tank in southern California, a day after a ...

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has ...

The dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Starship upper stage rocket during a test at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf coast late Wednesday may have been triggered by the rupture of a ...