Chemical tank implosion at Washington mill kills 1, leaves 9 missing

At least one person killed, nine workers unaccounted for, eight employees and one firefighter injured with burns and inhalation injuries ranging from minor to critical.

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Longview, Washington, an industrial tank holding nearly a million gallons of caustic chemical imploded at a pulp mill, killing at least one worker and leaving nine others unaccounted for. The disaster at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. is a reminder of how the invisible machinery of everyday life — the paper, the cups, the cartons — is sustained by human labor in proximity to forces that do not forgive error. As families waited and rescuers worked against an unstable structure still holding tens of thousands of gallons of dangerous chemical, the event j

Chemical tank implosion at Washington mill kills 1, leaves 9 missing

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