9 missing after Washington paper mill tank rupture and officials say theres no hope of survivors
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Crews resumed the grim search Wednesday for nine people presumed killed at a Washington state paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured a day earlier in one of the deadliest U. S. workplace accidents in years. The likely death toll rose to 11, including the missing, after another person who was injured died, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities said there was no hope of finding more survivors following Tuesday's tank failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in a...
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