Investigation underway after explosion, fire at Stickney-Cicero border chemical plant

A special hazmat team from O'Hare Airport was brought in to assist in this emergency.

'We need answers.' Politicians demand accountability from GKN Aerospace after hazmat crisis

In the aftermath of a six-day chemical crisis that displaced tens of thousands of Orange County residents, elected leaders ...

Officials buy time against possible chemical tank explosion in Garden Grove

Some 40,000 people were evacuated on Friday following a malfunction in a tank containing a flammable, volatile chemical used ...

Classes resume, businesses reopen as large chunk of evacuation zone is cleared in Garden Grove hazmat threat

Families and businesses alerted late Monday evening they could return after evacuation zone was reduced are now trying to get ...

40,000 Southern Californians ordered to evacuate amid threat of chemical explosion

An estimated 40,000 people in Orange County, California, have been ordered to evacuate over fears that a tank containing a ...
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HAZMAT responds after explosion, fire at Montgomery County Jail sends one MCSO employee to hospital

CONROE, Texas — An investigation is underway after an explosion and fire at the Montgomery County Jail on Wednesday morning. Multiple staff members from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office were ...

California firefighters say threat of massive explosion in Orange County chemical tank has been "eliminated"

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