Eleven confirmed dead in Washington state chemical accident, all bodies recovered
Crews recovered all missing workers as tests confirmed contamination reached the Columbia River, officials said, after the ruptured tank held about 900,000 gallons.
- On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, a chemical tank ruptured at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, Washington, killing 11 people. Authorities confirmed on Saturday that crews recovered all nine missing workers.
- The tank contained about 900,000 gallons of 'white liquor,' a chemical solution used in paper pulp production. Officials confirmed contamination entered the Columbia River, though no 'negative health impacts' were detected on air quality or drinking water.
- Cowlitz County Coroner Dana Tucker identified all 11 victims on Saturday. Calling it a 'horrific tragedy,' Tucker likened the incident to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in its impact on the community.
- Loved ones remembered the victims as selfless individuals. Geovana Bernal said her father Gilbert Bernal was a 'great man, husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend,' while Javier Sanchez called Braydon Finkas 'probably one of the most selfless individuals you'll ever meet.'
- Nippon Paper Industries, Japan's second-biggest paper manufacturer, acquired the Longview plant from Weyerhaeuser for $225 million in 2016. The company established Nippon Dynawave Packaging as a wholly owned subsidiary to operate the site.
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The rescue teams recovered the bodies of two workers who were still missing after the explosion this week at a paper factory in Longview, Washington, which raises the number of dead to 11, according to authorities on Saturday. Initially, two people were found dead and nine workers disappeared after the explosion, on Tuesday morning, of a 600,000 gallon tank of a caustic chemical known as "white liqueur" at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant, lo…
HORRIFIC: 11 Workers Killed in Massive Toxic Chemical Tank Implosion at Washington Paper Mill, All Victims Identified as Federal Probe Launches * The Gateway Pundit * by Cassandra MacDonald
In one of the deadliest industrial accidents in Washington state history, a massive chemical tank containing hundreds of thousands of gallons of highly corrosive “white liquor” ruptured and imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company paper mill early Tuesday morning, killing 11 workers and injuring eight others.
On Tuesday 26 May, a factory in the north-western United States faced a large-scale chemical accident. A chemical tank collapsed. The authorities announced that they had found the bodies of the 11...
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WCSHAll 11 victims of the chemical tank implosion at a Washington paper mill have been recovered
All 11 killed in the chemical tank implosion at a Washington paper mill have been identified, and the bodies of those who were unaccounted for have been recovered.
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