The facility is a pulp and paper mill and a liquid packaging plant, according to the Washington Department of Ecology.

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Authorities in Washington said they recovered the bodies of seven employees on May 28 and 29. Another two are still unaccounted for and are not expected to be found alive.

At least one person is dead and nine are unaccounted for after an industrial tank containing some 900,000 gallons of chemicals ruptured at a paper mill in Washington state on May 26, authorities said.

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We are bringing people in from all over the country … trying to come up with additional options,’ a fire official said.