Officials have said that after the Camp Fire in California’s Butte County, water in Paradise now contains benzene, a toxic compound linked to cancer. Cleanup could take two years and cost $300 million ...

RICHMOND — Air quality tests from a metal scrapyard fire this week were released on Friday and showed elevated levels of benzene, a chemical known to cause cancer and to damage the central nervous ...

The deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, November's Camp Fire, killed 85 people and destroyed 87 percent of the 10,480 buildings in the mountain town of Paradise. Once home ...

The fire started at about 5 p.m. at Sims Metal Management at 600 S. Fourth St. and prompted a shelter-in-place order for some residents in the area. The level of the carcinogen benzene across the ...

RICHMOND (CBS SF) – The fire at a Richmond scrap metal yard that triggered an overnight shelter in place for several neighborhoods earlier this week released benzene into the air, officials revealed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A plastics fire in Indiana spewed various toxic chemicals into the air, including hydrogen cyanide and benzene, according to test ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- For Natalie Manning of Fountaingrove, all that remains of home sweet home is a scraped lot, a plan to rebuild, and now, a new problem piled atop so many old ones. "It's ...

The discovery was as surprising as it was ominous. Weeks after the Camp Fire roared through Butte County last November, devouring entire towns, officials made an alarming find: The Paradise drinking ...

Air samples taken during a fire Tuesday at a metal shop in Richmond showed higher than the recommended level of a carcinogen but lower than what a person experiences during daily activities, Contra ...