The death toll from a chemical spill at a US paper plant has risen to eight, with three still missing. Rescuers are working in a hazardous environment.

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

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,…

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.

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 tank containing a substance known as white liquor burst in Washington.

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

A number of people have died and several have been badly injured after a chemical leak at a plant in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, officials said Tuesday.

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.

Before any bodies can be recovered, crews on Wednesday must first stabilize the tank, which was at risk of collapsing further and leaking more of the caustic liquid.

A second person who was injured when a large chemical tank ruptured at a Washington state paper mill has died, authorities said Wednesday, bringing the presumed death toll to 11,…

Authorities say no hope for survivors after tank at paper mill containing a chemical solution imploded

The likely death toll rose to 11, including the missing, after another person who was injured died, authorities said Wednesday.

Death toll from US chemical spill expected to hit 11

LOS ANGELES, May 28 — A chemical incident at a paper plant in the northwestern US has killed two people, with nine others missing and feared dead, officials said yesterday. A...