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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lok Darjee

After a deadly paper mill explosion, a community in Washington state looks to a key House race

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Community members hold photographs of loved ones during a vigil following the fatal chemical storage tank failure in Longview, Washington, on 26 May. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images

On a misty morning in May in south-west Washington state, Laura Oltmann, a 41-year-old dietitian, had barely clocked in when an unfamiliar overhead announcement echoed through the hospital.

“We get overhead pages for different types of emergencies. But this one, we don’t get very often,” recalled Oltmann.

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