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( NewsNation) — The U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced it has opened an investigation into the chemical tank implosion that happened at a paper mill in Longview, Washington. In a news release, the agency said it has sent a team to the area that is on the ground as of Wednesday.
Authorities say there’s no hope of finding more survivors at a Washington paper mill where nine workers remain missing after a chemical tank imploded.
Experts say implosions of this kind are extremely rare – and do not happen by themselves. The KING 5 Investigators looked into what went wrong.
Officials said there is no hope of finding additional survivors.
Crews on Wednesday resumed a search for nine people presumed killed at a Washington state paper mill, where a chemical tank ruptured a day earlier in one of the deadliest US workplace incidents in years.
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Crews have recovered the remains of six of nine workers who were missing after a massive chemical tank ruptured at at paper mill in Washington state, releasing a flood of caustic liquid capable of causing severe burns and lung injuries, officials said Thursday.