{"id":9481,"date":"2026-05-27T15:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9481"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:32:28","slug":"9-missing-after-washington-paper-mill-tank-implosion-and-officials-say-theres-no-hope-of-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9481","title":{"rendered":"9 missing after Washington paper mill tank implosion and officials say there\u2019s no hope of survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"

By CLAIRE RUSH and REBECCA BOONE<\/strong><\/p>\n

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) \u2014 Crews were set to resume searching Wednesday for nine workers at a Washington paper mill where a tank imploded, releasing a highly destructive chemical mixture called \u201cwhite liquor\u201d and causing at least one confirmed death.<\/p>

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Authorities said there was no hope of finding more survivors of Tuesday\u2019s tank implosion at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, which also injured nine other people, including a responding firefighter. But before any bodies of the missing can be recovered, crews on Wednesday must first stabilize the tank, which was at risk of collapsing further and leaking more of the caustic liquid.<\/p>\n

The implosion caused the huge circular tank to buckle and collapse on one side, and officials said they would only work during daylight because of the dangers. While the cause remains unknown, authorities said there was no threat to the community, a Columbia River city of about 40,000 people with long ties to the Washington and Oregon paper and lumber industries.<\/p>\n