Deaths reported after chemical tank implodes at pulp and paper mill in Washington state
About 40 firefighters and paramedics responded as crews decontaminated patients and transported injured workers to hospitals in Longview and Vancouver.
- A storage tank ruptured at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, Washington on Tuesday, killing multiple people and injuring 10 others—nine plant workers and one firefighter.
- Prior incidents at the facility include a major fire on July 18, 2023 involving wood chip piles, and state regulators cited Nippon Dynawave for wastewater and emissions violations in 2020 and 2021.
- White liquor, a caustic mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in papermaking, filled the ruptured 80,000-gallon tank about 60% full and causes severe chemical burns.
- PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center received nine patients; one died, two were transferred, and six remain in fair condition. State Ecology Department responders deployed after white liquor spilled into a drainage ditch.
- Elevated pH levels in nearby waterways prompted officials to close the contaminated area while monitoring wildlife. Governor Bob Ferguson deployed state Ecology responders to support the facility's roughly 1,000 employees in Longview, a city of 38,000 located 50 miles north of Portland.
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A massive chemical tank containing nearly a million gallons of highly corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed at a Longview paper mill on Tuesday, authorities said, leaving at least one worker dead and nine people still missing, with rescuers no longer expecting to find any survivors.
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