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Washington pulp and paper mill chemical tank implosion kills multiple, injures several

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A chemical treatment vat containing hazardous materials imploded at a paper and packaging plant in Washington state, resulting in at least one death, nine injuries, and nine missing persons, according to fire officials.

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  1. US
    Kurt Stitch
    Cowlitz Fire and Rescue
    1. The search for the missing carried on through the week as recovery crews worked through debris in indoor areas and flew drones over the perimeter of the site.
  2. US
    Scott Goldstein
    Cowlitz Fire and Rescue
    1. We do not know where all nine are.
  3. US
    Bob Ferguson
    Democratic Party
    1. We're bracing ourselves for this being the deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington state history.
  4. US
    Matt Amos
    Longview Fire Department
    1. The priority is ensuring responder safety while treating every victim with the greatest dignity, care and respect as possible.
  5. US
    Brad Hannig
    Longview Fire Department
    1. We have recovered the ninth and final missing employee of this incident.
  6. US
    Crystal Moldenhauer
    1. There's families that have been torn apart, and we don't know why.
    2. There's not anybody that lives here that doesn't know somebody at a paper mill.
  7. US
    Todd Cornwell
    1. He was always there willing to help in whatever needed to be done. When the local church school started flooding, he was one of the people there.
    2. We actually had our group last night and instead of doing Bible study, we talked about him.

sources

  1. 1.Arab News
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.Los Angeles Times
  5. 5.Hindustan Times
  6. 6.The Straits Times
  7. 7.The Irish Times
  8. 8.South China Morning Post
  9. 9.The Times of India
  10. 10.The Korea Herald
  11. 11.Taipei Times
  12. 12.ABC News

perspectives

  1. 1.Disasters
  2. 2.Explosion
  3. 3.Chemical Exposure

countries

  1. 1.JapanJP

organizations

  1. 1.Nippon Dynawave Packaging
  2. 2.Nippon Paper Group
  3. 3.Cowlitz Fire and Rescue
  4. 4.US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
  5. 5.US Environmental Protection Agency
  6. 6.Longview Fire Department
  7. 7.PeaceHealth St John Medical Center
  8. 8.Weyerhaeuser
  9. 9.Worcester Polytechnic Institute

persons

  1. 1.Brittny Goodsell
  2. 2.Crystal MoldenhauerUS
  3. 3.Scott GoldsteinUS
  4. 4.Gilbert Bernal
  5. 5.Todd CornwellUS
  6. 6.Bob FergusonUS
  7. 7.Brian Wood
  8. 8.Kurt StitchUS
  9. 9.Matt AmosUS
  10. 10.Mike Gorsuch
  11. 11.Andi Babineau
  12. 12.Brad HannigUS

technicals

  1. 1.Columbia River
  2. 2.Bible
  3. 3.Deepwater Horizon
Washington pulp and paper mill chemical tank implosion kills multiple, injures several