This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For six days over a holiday weekend, a chemical tank in an Orange County aerospace plant threatened to explode, and ...

One expert said the days-long crisis at the aerospace plant should be a “wake-up call” for similar companies to carefully ...

Over Memorial Day weekend, Orange County faced a public safety crisis that could have turned catastrophic.

About 50,000 people fled when a chemical tank from aircraft parts manufacturer GKN Aerospace threatened to explode in Orange County. Some of them say they no longer trust the air or the company after ...

The deadly implosion at a paper mill in Washington and the recent evacuations in Southern California are revealing gaps in the systems meant to protect communities and workers.

The news alerts were ominous. A chemical tank at an industrial site in Garden Grove, fifteen miles south of where I live, could blow at any moment. A nervous Orange County Fire Captain warned of two ...

Southern California officials lifted the final evacuation orders for residents who live near a damaged chemical tank Tuesday.

Lawsuits are piling up after tens of thousands of people were placed under evacuation orders for nearly a week due to a ...

All evacuation orders were officially lifted on Tuesday, allowing the final 16,000 evacuated Orange County residents to ...

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Residents and businesses allege evacuations, displacement and financial losses following the dayslong chemical scare that forced tens of thousands from their homes.

On May 21, 2026, a 34,000-gallon storage tank at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California began leaking methyl methacrylate (MMA), ...