Timmy the whale, recently deceased, could explode soon. “The pressure inside is building up more and more, and at some point the animal could explode with a huge bang,” whale researcher Fabian Ritter told dpa.

A potential crack may be releasing pressure inside a toxic chemical tank in Garden Grove, officials said Sunday, a development they hope could help avert a devastating vapor explosion.

Crews in California race to cool a damaged chemical tank that could explode at any time, prompting 50,000 to evacuate. Here's the latest on the efforts. (AP Photo)

Experts have warned that the carcass of a young humpback whale which washed up on a beach after a failed rescue effort could explode. The animal, affectionately known as Timmy, gained public attention after becoming stranded in shallow waters off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 23.

A massive tank leaking toxic chemicals into the sky over Garden Grove, California is now at risk of exploding, officials warned in a terrifying update to the ongoing situation. The Orange County Fire Authority on Friday gave a briefing on the dangerous leak,

A malfunctioning chemical storage tank in Orange County, Calif., is no longer a threat for a catastrophic explosion, fire officials announced Monday.

The threat of an explosion due to pressure and heat inside a volatile toxic chemical tank at a California aerospace facility has been eliminated.

The military aerospace giant at the enter of a looming toxic chemical disaster in Southern California previously paid nearly $910,000 to settle environmental violations tied to the same facility where officials fear an overheated tank could explode as early as Monday morning.