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.

The tank ruptured Tuesday at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility in Longview, a city located along the southern Washington border with Oregon, killing 11 people.

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.

Rescuers are working in an ;active and hazardous recovery environment’ to recover three more victims.

The death toll from a chemical tank rupture at a paper mill in Washington state has risen to 11 after recovery teams located the bodies of all nine workers who had been reported…

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…

The ruptured tank contained about 900,000 gallons (3.4 million liters) of white liquor, and tests confirmed that contamination entered the nearby Columbia River, officials have…

Death toll from a chemical spill at a Washington paper plant rises to 11 as rescuers recover all missing workers.

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, U.S. authorities said on…

The death toll from a chemical spill at a paper mill in Washington rose to 11 after rescuers recovered the bodies of all nine people previously reported...

The bodies of all missing workers at the Washington paper facility where a chemical tank exploded have been recovered, bringing the death toll to 11.

The death toll from a chemical tank rupture in the US state of Washington climbed to 11 as crews recovered the bodies of all nine missing people, authorities said.