{"id":29169,"date":"2026-05-26T19:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/29169\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:28:08","slug":"implosion-at-paper-mill-nippon-dynawave-causes-multiple-deaths-in-longview-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/29169\/","title":{"rendered":"Implosion at Paper Mill Nippon Dynawave Causes Multiple Deaths in Longview, Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chemical tank implosion at a Washington<\/a> state paper mill Tuesday left an undisclosed number of people dead and others critically injured, authorities said, as emergency crews responded to what officials described as a \u201cmass casualty scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

The implosion comes as a separate chemical emergency continues in Southern California,<\/a> where thousands of residents remain evacuated after a damaged tank at an aerospace facility raised fears of a potential explosion.<\/p>\n

What to Know About the Implosion<\/p>\n

The incident occurred around 7:19 a.m. at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility in Longview, where a tank containing hazardous liquid ruptured, causing fatalities and \u201cmultiple critical injuries,\u201d according to a joint statement from the company and local law enforcement.<\/p>\n

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Fire officials said victims suffered chemical burns and inhalation injuries and were decontaminated at the scene before being transported to hospitals in Longview and nearby Vancouver.<\/p>\n

About 40 firefighters and paramedics, along with a regional hazmat team, responded as crews worked to stabilize the site. <\/p>\n

In a joint statement shared with Newsweek, officials said there was no immediate danger to the surrounding community and urged the public to avoid the area while emergency operations continue.<\/p>\n

What to Know About Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company<\/p>\n

The facility employs roughly 1,000 workers and produces materials used in paper and packaging products.<\/p>\n

Longview, a city of about 38,000 people in Cowlitz County, is roughly 50 miles north of Portland<\/a>, Oregon<\/a>, along the Columbia River. The area is home to multiple pulp and paper facilities, which are subject to oversight by state environmental regulators.<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news<\/a> article. Updates to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A chemical tank implosion at a Washington state paper mill Tuesday left an undisclosed number of people dead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[212,15815,22799,22801,22800,8,31,3085,3084,5279,3283],"class_list":["post-29169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-breaking-news","tag-chemicals","tag-explosion","tag-hazardous","tag-hazmat","tag-japan","tag-nippon","tag-oregon","tag-portland","tag-seattle","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}