Longview Community Support Shines as Family Assistance Center Thanks Heroes
LONGVIEW—The Family Assistance Center (FAC), the onsite Incident Management Team (IMT), and the AWPPW would like to express their sincere gratitude to the many agencies, organizations, businesses, and community members who have come together to support affected families, coworkers, first responders, and all those impacted by the Nippon Dynawave Packaging tank implosion. The IMT is proud […]
Two now confirmed dead in what is being called Washington’s ‘deadliest industrial tragedy’
LONGVIEW — Recovery operations resumed Wednesday at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility where a tank filled with hundreds of thousands of gallons of a caustic industrial chemical ruptured Tuesday, as officials shifted focus from rescue to a deliberate search for nine missing workers while addressing environmental fallout from the spill. The death toll has now […]
1 Dead, 9 unaccounted for after Nippon Dynawave Packaging tank rupture
LONGVIEW—Emergency responders planned to resume recovery operations Wednesday at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, a southwest Washington packaging plant, where a tank filled with nearly 1 million gallons of a caustic industrial chemical ruptured, killing at least one worker, injuring nine others of which eight have been taken to area hospitals, and leaving nine employees unaccounted for. […]
