Vinyl chloride is a man-made, colorless gas that burns easily and is used to make polyvinyl chloride, a hard plastic.

A shelter-in-place order​ remains in place and voluntary evacuations have been ordered around the SPS Technologies facility ...

Sparks fire chief Walt White is being considered for a similar position in the Bay Area, potentially leaving the Rail City in ...

As crews work to remove potentially tons of hazardous materials from the Los Angeles wildfires, researchers and officials are trying to understand how the fires on land have impacted the sea.

As wildfires grow more frequent and intense with climate change, and become a greater threat to cities, water utilities are ...