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Chemical accident toll in US facility climbs to 11

Community members place electric candles near a vase of flowers during a vigil at R.A. Long Park following a fatal chemical storage tank failure on May 26, 2026 in Longview, Washington. The death toll has risen to 11. (Credit: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images/Getty)

The death toll from a chemical tank rupture at a facility of Nippon Dynawave Packaging in the US state of Washington rose to 11 after rescue crews recovered bodies of nine missing people, officials said Saturday.

On May 26, a tank containing "white liquor"— a chemical solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in making paper pulp—imploded at a Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility, Reuters reported.

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