Evacuation orders were issued to 40,000 Orange County residents. A fire official said a major spill or an explosion were the only expected outcomes.

Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at an illegal fireworks warehouse that killed seven people and shook a tiny farming community, authorities said Friday. The charges stem from a grand jury indictment ...

Almost a year-long investigation into the massive explosion in Northern California, which killed seven people, the Yolo County District Attorney announced on April 10 that it had charged eight people, one of whom was a lieutenant in the county's sheriff's ...