Posted on 05.27.26

Search to recover 9 missing employees to resume after deadly chemical tank rupture in Washington

Source: https://www.cnn.com/, May 26, 2026
By: Emma Tucker, Allsha Ebrahimjl, Hanna Park, Holly Yan, Nick Watt

Search crews are expected to navigate treacherous circumstances when they renew efforts to find nine people still missing a day after a deadly chemical tank rupture at a paper plant in Washington state.

At least one person was killed and nine people were injured after a 900,000-gallon tank containing hazardous chemicals ruptured Tuesday morning at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility in Longview. About 90,000 gallons of material could still be inside the damaged tank, officials said. Read more.

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