Matt Amos
National Geodesist at Land Information New Zealand
- May 28
Washington paper mill disaster: death toll rises to eight as recovery of victims continues
Recovery crews have retrieved six more bodies from the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant in Longview, Washington, bringing the confirmed death toll to eight, with three workers still missing and presumed dead after a massive tank of corrosive white liquor ruptured on Tuesday.
- May 27
Nine Workers Still Missing After Chemical Tank Implosion at Washington Paper Mill Kills One, Injures Nine
Recovery efforts are hampered by an unstable tank holding 90,000 gallons of caustic 'white liquor' at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant in Longview, Washington, where an implosion killed one person and injured nine others on Tuesday.
