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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 ...

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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 ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- There is no longer a threat of explosion, fire or chemical leak for a damaged tank at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, the Orange County Fire Authority ...

Fire officials are trying to figure out how to keep a chemical tank from leaking or exploding in Garden Grove. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) A large, pressurized tank filled with a toxic ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The chemical leak that triggered evacuations across a swath of Orange County on Friday is located at GKN Aerospace ...