Overview
- A tank holding white liquor ruptured at Nippon Dynawave’s Longview plant on Tuesday, May 26, producing at least one confirmed fatality, multiple injured patients and several employees unaccounted for.
- First responders decontaminated and hospitalized about ten people for chemical burns and inhalation injuries with one injured firefighter among them.
- Authorities initially cited an 80,000‑gallon tank at about 60% full and later reported figures near 900,000 gallons with roughly 90,000 gallons possibly remaining, a discrepancy investigators are still reviewing.
- The damaged tank remains unstable, which has forced crews to pause or limit search and recovery work and has complicated access to parts of the facility.
- Washington’s Department of Ecology has deployed spill‑response and air/water monitoring teams and says there is no detected off‑site public‑health threat as state and local agencies continue their investigation and support for affected families.