LOS ANGELES: The death toll from a chemical spill at a paper plant in Washington state has risen to 11 as rescuers recovered the bodies of all nine missing people, US authorities said on Saturday. A huge tank holding tens of thousands of gallons of a highly caustic substance imploded on Tuesday at the plant in Longview, Washington state, sparking a major search operation. “We have recovered the ninth and final missing employee of this incident,” Brad Hannig, fire chief of Longview Fire Department, told a news conference.

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The total death toll is 11, including three who are still missing. It’s one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in recent decades.