Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. and local first-response agencies confirmed that there had been fatalities.

A tank of white liquor imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in southern Washington state on Tuesday.

A tank of white liquor imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in southern Washington state on Tuesday.

An implosion at a chemical tank inside a pulp and paper mill in southwestern Washington on Tuesday left one person dead and 9 others missing, according to local authorities and…