Anonymous13 days ago
A 900,000-gallon tank containing white liquor — a corrosive mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide — ruptured at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview, Washington, on May 26, 2026, killing eleven workers and contaminating nearby waterways including the Columbia River. The disaster, which Governor Bob Ferguson called the deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington state history, has triggered federal and state investigations and raised questions about whether existing inspection regimes and safety regulations were adequate to prevent it.