The Guardian Australia ·general ·3 hours ago

Tank rupture at Washington packaging plant kills one, injures nine

A tank ruptured at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, Washington on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring nine others including chemical burns. The storage tank contained white liquor, a caustic alkaline solution used in papermaking that was roughly 60 percent full at rupture. Nine employees remain unaccounted for; authorities say there is no immediate public threat.

Summary by Glance · The Guardian Australia

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