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Authorities have confirmed that one person died and 9 others remain unaccounted for after a chemical tank imploded at a pulp and paper mill in Washington state

The implosion of a chemical tank at a pulp and paper mill in Washington state killed an undisclosed number of people, local authorities and company officials confirmed

At least one person has died, nine people were injured and nine employees remain unaccounted for after a large vat of chemical treatment product, including hazardous materials,…

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Authorities said some victims had suffered burns or inhalation injuries and there was no immediate threat to the public.

The tank contained ‘white liquor’, a corrosive substance that consists mainly of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulphide.

The rupture caused the huge circular tank to buckle on one side, and officials said they would only work during daylight because of the dangers.

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

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…

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…

One person is dead and nine others remain unaccounted for after a chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a corrosive liquid imploded at a Washington state paper mill,…

A chemical tank implosion at a Washington state mill has resulted in one death and nine missing, prompting ongoing recovery efforts.

A massive chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed Tuesday at a Washington paper mill, killing at least one w

The incident occurred Tuesday morning at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview, the Longview Fire Department said.

Chemical tank implosion at Washington paper mill kills 1, leaves 9 missing and injures several. Authorities work amid hazardous conditions to stabilize the site.

1 dead, 9 injured after chemical tank rupture at a Longview, Washington paper plant; 9 workers remain missing.

Authorities say a second person has died from injuries suffered when a chemical tank ruptured at a Washington state paper mill, raising the presumed death toll to 11.

Authorities say there’s no hope of finding any more survivors at a Washington paper mill where nine missing workers remain missing after a tank imploded and released a highly…

Authorities said there was no hope of finding more survivors of Tuesday's tank implosion at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co in Longview, which also injured nine other people,…

WASHINGTON: Crews were set to resume searching Wednesday for nine workers at a Washington paper mill where a tank imploded, releasing a highly destructive chemical mixture called…