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Moment-by-moment breakdown of chemical tank implosion in Longview

Two weeks ago, a tank imploded at a Longview paper and pulp mill, releasing hundreds of thousands of gallons of caustic chemicals that killed 11 people and injured at least a dozen...

2 additional kraft pulp mills under investigation after Longview tank disaster

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Along with the investigation at Nippon Dynawave, two additional paper mills are now under investigation, the Washington State Department of Labor and Indust...

Longview pulp mill had reported other leaks at tank that killed 11 workers, records show

Part of the massive pulp mill tank that ruptured last month in Longview, killing 11 workers and injuring eight others, had sprung a leak in late 2023 and early 2024, underscoring a...

New: Tragic Implosion Rocks Longview Paper Mill, Fatalities and Injuries Reported

11 Killed at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Washington

LONGVIEW, WA — Just before 7:15 a.m. on May 26, 2026, a 900,000-gallon tank of white liquor imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview, Washington, killing 11 w...

Past fire at Longview mill suggests maintenance cutbacks

Three years before a deadly tank rupture at a Longview pulp and paper mill, a fire lasting several days raised concerns that the owner had scaled back maintenance at the decades-ol...

'This town is family': Residents reflect on Longview chemical tank disaster

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — From his living room window, Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson can see the paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured this week in Longview, killing 11 people...

WATCH: Video reveals new look at the damage from Nippon chemical tank rupture in Longview

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Newly release video from the Washington State Department of Ecology shows the destruction caused by last week’s rupture at packaging facility in Longview....

In Our View: Community wants answers in Longview tragedy

Tuesday’s disaster at a Longview paper mill is a reminder of the workplace dangers that many Americans face every day. And while we share in the grief over the loss of workers at t...

WATCH: Few answers one week after Longview mill plant disaster

(The Center Square) - A week after the disaster at Longview’s Nippon Dynawave site, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries finally has full access to the property to beg...

WATCH: Death toll expected to rise in Longview chemical plant implosion

(The Center Square) - Although the official death toll from Tuesday’s implosion involving a vat of chemical treatment product at the Nippon facility in Longview, Washington stands...

Nippon to pay clean-up costs after deadly Longview mill disaster, State of Washington says

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Nippon Dynawave Packaging will have to pay for the clean-up effort after an industrial tank containing white liquor failed on May 26 at a paper mill in Long...

Victims of the Washington paper mill disaster included husbands and grandfathers

LONGVIEW — Crews resumed the painstaking search Thursday for nine workers feared dead at a Washington state paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured, devastating a community where...

Longview victims treated at Oregon burn center

Dr. Mark Thomas was on call at the Legacy Oregon Burn Center on Tuesday when a message came in from a hospital in Longview.

At least 2 dead after Longview chemical tank rupture, chemicals spill into Columbia River

Nine employees are still missing and one person is dead after a chemical tank rupture in Longview, Wash. on Tuesday, which released 900,000 gallons of toxic material and injured ei...

Multiple injuries, deaths after ‘major chemical implosion’ at Longview paper mill in Washington

A powerful chemical implosion tore through a major industrial facility in Longview early Tuesday morning, leaving multiple workers injured and claiming at least one life as emergen...

Why is dilution a cleanup strategy for the Longview mill disaster?

After a tank containing about 600,000 gallons of “white liquor” imploded in Longview on May 26, killing 11 people and potentially thousands of fish nearby, cleanup efforts have lar...

7 of 9 bodies recovered after chemical tank implosion at paper mill

The tank ruptured Tuesday at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility in Longview, a city located along the southern Washington border with Oregon, killing 11 people.

Cause of deaths released after Longview chemical tank rupture

Just over two weeks after a chemical tank rupture shook the town of Longview, Washington, the Cowlitz County Coroner's Office released the cause & manners of death for those wh...

Before spill, state had 2 cases pending involving Longview plant

LONGVIEW — At the time of the May 26 fatal tank collapse at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, state labor safety investigators already had two cases pending involving other parts of the L...

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Bodies of Six Workers Recovered in Debris of Longview, WA, Paper Mill

The search continues for three Nippon Dynawave Packaging employees caught in the chemical implosion.

'Hazmat' incident reported, cleared at Nippon facility weeks after deadly rupture

Longview fire crews responded to a hazmat investigation at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview, Wash. on Wednesday morning, but found no spill and confirmed the envi...

Why is dilution a cleanup strategy for the Longview mill disaster?

After a tank containing about 600,000 gallons of “white liquor” imploded in Longview on May 26, killing 11 people, cleanup efforts have largely consisted of diluting affected water...