Fatal chemical leak kills workers at Washington plant. Photo / 123rf
A number of people have died and several have been badly injured in a chemical leak at a plant in Washington, officials said Tuesday.
A tank containing a “white liquor” has ruptured at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview, an hour north of Portland on the Washington-Oregon border, a statement said.
“Preliminary information indicates the rupture resulted in multiple critical injuries,” said the statement, issued jointly by the company and Longview Fire Department.
“Officials can also confirm fatalities related to the incident.”
The statement said there was no immediate threat to the public from the incident, but gave no details about the substance involved, nor any numbers on the people killed and injured.
Nippon Dynawave Packaging is a subsidiary of Japan’s Nippon Paper Group.
-AFP