SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
2026-04-07 Cowlitz (County)
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Casewatch, 2026-10-09, app.11river.app/monitor/longview-nippon-dynawave. Live monitor, as recorded not adjudicated
Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview
Longview, Washington, checked Oct 8, 2026
Caustic white-liquor release at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill in Longview, Washington. Worker and fenceline-community exposure and injury claims.
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Receiving water
Columbia corridor
Site map
AIR & PROXIMITY
Where airborne vapor would drift
Wind is from the WNW, carrying anything off-gassing toward the ESE, over the receptors inside 3 km.
WIND from WNW, 3 mph
rings = distance (0.5 / 1 / 3 km)shaded = downwind drift (live wind)schoolhospital
population 37,722rings 0.5 / 1 / 3 km, true radiilive NWS wind
Receptor points are OpenStreetMap; the drift wedge derives from the live NWS wind; population is Census.
Timeline
External inspection finds G Tank's shell below minimum safe thickness; the contractor's report states it is "not fit for continued service" with a "high likelihood/consequence of failure" 
CSB 2026-03-I-WA
CSB 2026-03-I-WASecond external thickness inspection; large portions of the shell still below minimum safe thickness. No internal inspection, no repair, no derate CSB 2026-03-I-WA
CSB 2026-03-I-WAThird external inspection, same finding. The tank stays in service at normal operating conditions CSB 2026-03-I-WA
CSB 2026-03-I-WA01:55 a process upset takes the digestor out of service; 04:08 white liquor stops leaving G Tank while it keeps arriving; 06:22 the tank is ~90% full CSB 2026-03-I-WA
CSB 2026-03-I-WA07:00 Employees arriving for shift csb.gov
csb.gov
07:09 G Tank fails, releasing ~900,000 gallons of 200°F white liquor into the courtyard and maintenance shops where 17 employees were on the ground level. CSB 2026-03-I-WA07:19 the first 911 call reaches Cowlitz County dispatch: three people with chemical burns from white liquor, one missing — "We need rescue units, fire department, everyone." Ten minutes after the failure. The call itself was never published; audio was later obtained by KGW and the Seattle Times. CSB, 911 audio via KGW
CSB, 911 audio via KGW07:22 first fire and rescue units on scene, three minutes after the call. response record
07:48 First patient rushed to PeaceHealth ~7:48 a.m. PDT 
seattletimes.com
seattletimes.com08:20 first mention on Facebook: Cowlitz Regional News posts the first public report, updated through the day as officials released information 
Facebook
Facebook08:33 first newsroom publishes: Multiple injuries reported after chemical explosion at Longview facility 
kptv.com
kptv.com08:34 first mention on X: BREAKING: Multiple injuries reported after chemical explosion at Longview facility 
X
X09:06 first mention on TikTok: Multiple people are injured after a major chemical explosion in Longview, Washington Tuesday morning. 
TikTok
TikTok09:42 first mention on YouTube: BREAKING NEWS: Longview chemical plant implosion leaves multiple people hurt 
YouTube
YouTube10:00 Tuesday May 26 2026 -- 10:00 a.m. ecology.wa.gov
10:29 first mention on Reddit: Jesus. Longview is struggling enough without significant industrial accidents. 
Reddit
Reddit17:04 first mention on Instagram: 14 News carries the story on Instagram 
Instagram
InstagramFirst victim identified: Gilbert Bernal. The Chronicle
Columbia River contamination confirmed (pH spike); dilution-and-flush via the Reynolds Pumping Station begins. State officials brace for one of the deadliest industrial incidents in modern WA history.
Confirmed toll climbs (2 → 8); 3 still missing. Recovery slowed by tank instability and residual caustic; H₂S air monitors report no detections.
Crews recover the remains of 6 of 9 missing workers. 
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHourCommunity vigil at R.A. Long Memorial Park; fundraisers and meal trains organized for the families.
Mackenzie Ammons, wife of a worker killed, publicly calls for state transparency, litigation forming. 
National Law Review
National Law ReviewCSB publishes its investigation update, disclosing the July 2025 "not fit for continued service" finding CSB 2026-03-I-WA
CSB 2026-03-I-WANew press coverage: U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Update on Investigation into the Fatal Catastrophic Tank Failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Facility in Longview, Washington — 2 more new item(s) in the same pull. csb.gov
csb.govNew press coverage: U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Update on Investigation into the Fatal Catastrophic Tank Failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Facility in Longview, Washington - General News - News | CSB — 3 more new item(s) in the same pull. csb.gov
csb.govNew press coverage: First lawsuit filed in wake of deadly Longview tank implosion: What to know 
koin.com
koin.comNew press coverage: Washington lawmaker proposes paper mill tank regulation after deadly Longview disaster — 2 more new item(s) in the same pull. opb.org
New press coverage: Bodies of all missing employees recovered after chemical tank rupture that killed 11 — 2 more new item(s) in the same pull. abcnews.com
New press coverage: More workers called back to Longview mill damaged in fatal spill — 1 more new item(s) in the same pull. seattletimes.com
seattletimes.comNew press coverage: After a deadly paper mill explosion, a community in Washington state looks to a key House race — 1 more new item(s) in the same pull. theguardian.com
New press coverage: A Washington paper mill disaster killed 11 people. It also broke community trust in a ‘lifeblood’ industry — 1 more new item(s) in the same pull. opb.org
CSB root-cause investigation; EPA and WA Dept. of Ecology cleanup and monitoring.
Photos and video
Surveillance footage of the G Tank failure
Released by federal investigators alongside their August 2026 update. It is the only public record of the failure as it happened, and it is what fixes the time at approximately 07:09 — ten minutes before the first 911 call.
Those lost
Gilbert Bernal
52, of Kelso. A fifteen-year veteran of the mill, remembered as a selfless grandfather who helped neighbours with farm work. His daughter Geovana paid public tribute. The Chronicle
Supplied for this record, approved 2026-09-09
Tyler Covington
29, of Castle Rock. An electrical and instrumentation technician who worked alongside his younger brother Brad. Both were killed. Lynnwood Times
KIRO 7, family photo, memorial coverage
Brad Covington
27, of Castle Rock. An electrical and instrumentation technician, working the same shift as his older brother Tyler. Lynnwood Times
KIRO 7, family photo, memorial coverage
Robert "Robb" Wilson
48, of Clatskanie, Oregon. He died of alkaline chemical burns and blunt force injuries. ABC News
KIRO 7, family photo, memorial coverage
Jared Ammons
35, of Longview. An electrician. He left a pregnant wife and two young children; his wife Mackenzie has publicly called for full state transparency. National Law Review
KIRO 7, family photo via GoFundMe
Braydon Finkas
38, of Cathlamet. He died of alkaline chemical burns and asphyxia. ABC News
KIRO 7, family photo via GoFundMe
Clinton "CJ" Doran
26, of Kelso. Remembered in a family tribute as the spiritual leader of their family. PBS NewsHour
Supplied for this record, approved 2026-09-09
John Forsberg
51, of Longview. Known at his local brewery as a trivia champion, and wicked smart. KOMO News
KIRO 7, family photo via GoFundMe
Norman Barlow
58, of Vancouver. Described by colleagues as a kind mentor with a quick wit. KOMO News
The Chronicle, family photo via GoFundMe
Dillon Miller
He died after hospitalisation. His family, Ana Soto and three children, is being supported by a community meal train. Lynnwood Times
Supplied for this record, approved 2026-09-09
Affected voices
@Intertwinedbyfaith
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“I’m so sorry for your loss😢😢💔 May God bring peace to the family 😢”
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@armaletalia3254
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“You learned something new. Congratulations.”
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u/Gnom3y
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“Fines really need to be at least an order of magnitude larger than the cost of the repair. Does it cost 1000 to fix a thing? Add a zero - 10k fine. Cost 100k? Congratulations on your million dollar fine. Fines need to be big enough that they become financial encouragement for com”
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@AdmRaizoTanaka
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“An industry term for high-temperature, high-alkaline solution that breaks down wood chips into loose fibers.”
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@f40detalladoautomotriz65
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“Corporate irresponsibility and greed.”
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u/04221970
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“I'm a bit more concerned that the hot white liquor might have completely 'disposed' of the bodies that are missing.”
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@Have_Gone_Coastal
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“Even a very dilute weak caustic will cause 2nd degree burns/”
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@asisaboveandbelow
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“Why is this happening all of a sudden? Not coincidental I suspect”
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u/justvibinjay
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“The city of Longview has had an awful week/weekend with the school district situation and now the papermill . They can’t catch a break”
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@hanneweber4246
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“Condolences for everyone who is touched by this tragedy.”
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u/ballsackvisible
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“Are there any personal accounts yet from survivors?”
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“Violations don’t mean much when the punishment is a measly $700.00 fine https://secure.lni.wa.gov/verify/Details/CitationDocument.aspx?UBI=604016670&LIC=&SAW=&VIO=&InspectionNo=317965564”
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@deathcame-4u
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“…paper mill using toxic chemicals? 🤦♂️”
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@elmeralfaro8390
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“having chemical close to pupulation should be ilegal”
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@End_of_Dayz
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“36th near Oak is at least two miles from the mill. They aren't showing the slough right across the road from the mill. They put up printer paper signs along our slough that you can't read unless right on top of them. Prayers for those lost and their families, please.”
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@CamoniMoMoni
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“More than two I thought.”
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@sdvcv
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“@ezd @ezdeezytube ligma doesn’t hate it.”
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@Rummycakes5604
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“I googled white liquor. White liquor is a strongly alkaline solution composed mainly of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. It is used in the first stage of the Kraft process in which lignin and hemicellulose are separated from cellulose fiber for the production of pulp.[1] The ”
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u/didnotbuyWinRar
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“What is happening? This is like the 4th major factory explosion I've read about in the past couple weeks”
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@NealB123
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“So sad. Rest in peace to all.”
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@buggaboo333
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“Kind of sick you focus on the "environmental" win instead of the value of the 11 people who died.”
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@lifejourney48
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“Sending prayers for everyone 🙏🙏🙏🙏”
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@spvillano
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“You're right, fucking up the drinking water for multiple cities isn't important, since drinking lye is good for you. White liquor is typically pure lye, sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide, so you get hydrogen sulfide when the sodium sulfide hits water, which will form sulfuric a”
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@Have_Gone_Coastal
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“The President and Manager of the mill are not Japanese, however, the VP of Operations is Japanese and well before his incident he was being moved back to Japan to be the General Manager of one of the parent company's mills there. Not sure if he is still in Longview and I would pr”
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@OpenMHz
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“OpenMHz systems API (456 systems) has no Cowlitz, Longview, Kelso, Rainier, Woodland, Kalama, or Castle Rock feed. WA systems present: PSERN King, Snohomish, Thurston TCOMM911, Adams, Benton/Franklin, WSP Everett/Mt Vernon, WSDOT-King Lake. None cover Cowlitz analog dispatch.”
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u/Desperate_Cress_2449
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“I don’t know how Nippon’s entire power structure works, but one thing to keep in mind is that they are a subsidiary of an international company that operates out of Japan. They likely have locally based higher up management but in this particular case, I am unsure of who approves”
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@billygilbert7911
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“You're doing a great job Matt.”
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@markrumrey790
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“I inspected Storage tanks in Papermills for years and they are the least maintained and in the most deplorable condition of any Above Ground Storage tanks I have ever inspected!”
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@Rollie396
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“I don’t think explosion/blast is accurate at all. That’s an implosion.”
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u/Darqologist
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“I’d like to know more about if any WA dept had jurisdiction and oversight to inspect the tank.”
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@Have_Gone_Coastal
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“50% caustic will burn through leather work boots.”
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@danielgrove7782
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“Yes..same thing as drain cleaner...lye”
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@janealace
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“I am so sorry for your loss”
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@ThorWicks
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“There's a difference in definition between implosion and explosion.”
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u/Munchee-Dude
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“Welcome to the 1890s people, if you studied history then you know what comes next!”
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@Ms.Blueocean
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“RIP. So tragic 💔”
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@GrammyTammy13
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“My brother in law was one of the first two people brought out rest in peace Dale Miller💔”
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u/BidOk5829
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“I know someone who has three sons working there. They were not involved, thankfully, but she had some terrifying hours before she heard from them.”
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@GH-oi2jf
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“Neither word is appropriate at this stage. Some people just like to use dramatic words. All we know now is that the structure around the tank collapsed (because we can see it), and that the tank ruptured (because it leaked). Everything about how it happened is speculation until f”
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u/TimanatorP
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“Not to worry Trump is doing everything he can to protect the factory owners. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on February 24, 2026, published a proposed rule that would rescind or significantly scale back many requirements introduced by the 2024 Safer Communities by”
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“Who else is silent is Washington State's Department of Labor and Industries who refuse to ensure worksites are safe. They are too busy complaining about having to go to work and believe they can do there jobs from the comfort of their homes.”
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@JacksFISHwell
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“The stench since the accident has been incredible at this location you’re talking about.. from 8 PM Thursday the 28th through 8 AM Friday the 29th the hydrant on the corner of 36th and Oak has been flushing… as well as the 38th Ave. fire department which would be west of this loc”
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@Rene-u7c
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“They could also be looking at the base-metal exhibiting IGSCC (intergranular stress corrosion cracking). It is performed to determine fatigue.”
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@CamoniMoMoni
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“@CharDidIt2 disintigrared.”
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@GH-oi2jf
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“They have recovered remains.”
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@hipmetalworx
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“White, and black liquor, is gnarly stuff. Had the pleasure (displeasure.?) of relining a black liquor tank in Crofton BC years back..”
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@Phillip-l5r9s
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“Does anyone know if there is a liquid retainment wall built between the business and the Sound or River? I have a fuel depot not far from me, it's at least 12-15 floating roof tanks of fuel. There's about 1/2 billion gallons on hand all the time. They have a really tall concrete ”
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@TaraRoberts-t7h
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“Implosion means disengrated”
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@mikemyers8897
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“After seeing that I had to lay down.”
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u/Snowrider190
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“Groundwater contamination is a slow process, if it would occur at all. It has to seep down into the water table, not react with anything in the soil, hit the aquifer, and the migrate to your source for water treatment (or private well). It wouldn't hurt to do some baseline water ”
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u/Fauglheim
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“the sodium sulfide will not convert to the poisonous hydrogen sulfide in any appreciable amount as long as the pH of the solution stays high. The pH of the solution won’t change unless someone does something crazy to it. so the super poisonous chemical is not a real concern.”
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u/jeezuspieces
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“I had a small amount of white liquor fall my head and it immediately burned my hair off. I had a big bald spot. My scalp also burned like hell. Luckily it wasn't that much. Can't imagine what it would be like to be completely submerged in it. Hopefully they immediately passed awa”
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u/Quiet-Day392
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“What’s aqua ammonia?”
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u/I_miss_disco
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“Workers are expendable. Unionice.”
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@DC1983666
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“I live in Longview. Ive worked at these mills…”
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u/Cautious-Elephant853
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“So sad for the families and community”
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@studioland-t2u
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“Feel bad for the families involved but if Longview the city itself wasn't riddled with every single person in that town riddled with meth addiction the town goes to sleep at 7:00 at night buses stop running at 4:00 in the afternoon and don't even start early enough to get you to”
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@JacksFISHwell
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“Longview once sourced its water from the Cowlitz watershed, a system historically associated with the region’s natural river ecology. The relocation of the water source to the Mint Farm industrial corridor placed it within an area shaped by more than a century of industrial activ”
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u/Khoeth_Mora
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“Don't touch it, but in general its quite safe. Its basic, so it will react and neutralize to salt water. It doesn't fume or cause cancer. If you notice your tap water is bubbly and slippry, don't drink it. In general, if you have to deal with an industrial chemical spill, its abo”
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@white_onrice
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“Local residents and businesses are organizing support on Instagram…”
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@Cowlitz
the source, captured
“ABC World News Tonight: photos obtained by Cowlitz County News, a Facebook page run by local citizens, show aftermath. FOX13 caption: via Cowlitz County News. KATU photo credit Cowlitz County News. Open Google/Facebook search did not return the original Cowlitz County News post w”
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@VeilroadDude
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“If you hadn't heard, the city I live in, Longview, experienced the wor…”
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@NealB123
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“There was no blast. A large tank holding hundreds of thousands of gallons of one of the most caustic chemicals on earth ruptured.”
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@glovesoffofficial1382
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“🙏🙌 My deepest sympathys for your loss”
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u/Bidenwonkenobi
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“all in the name of profits”
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@LowellRoemer
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“Nippon is extremely close to my home. I live close to the lake…”
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@CherylPerry-st7xo
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“So heartbreaking! People trying to make a honest living, it had to be so horrible!😢to family, I am so sorry. This hurts one’s soul.”
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@ThomasHolt-k9g
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“That was a demonator workshop employee from hell working triple time to stop you from making sure that you couldn't make that company complie with safety for the employees and the surroundings neighborhoods”
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@Shirley6777
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“I’m so sorry for your loss. Prayers for your sister and your entire family.”
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@Have_Gone_Coastal
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“I've worked in that mill conducting inspections.”
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@jaxsun72
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“That reporter creeps me out”
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@ColSaia
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“This is beginning to be all too common, I see alot of stupidity running rampant these days.”
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u/whowhodillybar
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““deadliest industrial tragedy,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said after a tank ruptured at the Nippon Dynawave plant. This is bad. Real bad. But guess what, it’s only going to get worse with deregulation and profits over people.”
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@robhartshorn6823
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“Very sorry for you and your families loss.”
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@IsaidwhatIsaid-s8p
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“Theyre gone. I live in Longview and know many of the families. This has absolutely devastated our city.”
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@ChiefBridgeFuser
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“@linanicolia1363 imagine the strongest lye or drain cleaner you can. Contact risk is probably the biggie. Not sure there is any vapor from this.”
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@GH-oi2jf
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“Caustic chemicals. Mostly lye. It is used to break down wood chips into pulp.”
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@Have_Gone_Coastal
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“It appears from the photo that the tank ruptured and about 2/3 of the contents rushed out like a tsunami, tidal wave, pushed and overturned vehicles, entered buildings...those in the area where impacted I suspect. The contents of the tank has the highest level of alkaline of any ”
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u/cargocult25
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“Deregulation in action.”
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u/Cowlitzking
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“We don’t know what caused the failure. The CSB chemical safety board is on site to identify the root cause. This the organization needed to dig deep into maintenance records, engineering drawings, and sequence of events. If you are not familiar with the CSB’s work. Go to their we”
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@GuyMcCaffrey
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“Anyone that has ever had a caustic spill as small as a rain drop on your skin knows that stuff will eat to the bone if you let it...”
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u/tmtm10001969
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“I'm impacted because I worked there for almost 20 years and I have friends there and want to connect to share some memories that align with narrative your sharing.”
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u/anorcpawn
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“keep cutting costs, laying people off, force 2 people to do the work of 15. everything will be fine until something like this happens. 'til then, record profits.”
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u/montypyth9898
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“Not sure, wasn’t there. But I’ll be patiently waiting for the immaculate CSB report and video.”
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@Milk_Maiden
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“Not funny. This is horrific”
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@maremuse
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“I feel badly for those searching for body parts. Gruesome & depressing work for courageous searchers.”
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@PMaynard-22
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“Implosion happens when colder liquid is induced into a hot tank.”
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u/WCoastSUP
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“Peace be with them.”
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u/Delicious-Ad1917
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“Read on another post from a local that OSHA gave them a slap on the wrist $700 fine for a major violation and they didn’t even pay it.”
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@AdmRaizoTanaka
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“TV News likes to warn about "disturbing" to get more people to watch.”
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@rafaelmira3270
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“White liquor is essentially caustic soda used in the digester to cook the pulp.”
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u/OGLikeablefellow
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“So these chemical explosion fears and stuff is all a result of deregulation and defunding executive agencies huh?”
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@ShaunHensley
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“Those poor workers dissolved”
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@russlehman2070
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“That is one thing that could cause it. It can also be caused by withdrawing liquid from a tank that is not vented at the top, creating a vacuum. But this is a non-volatile liquid, so there is realy no reason for the tank not to be freely vented at the top. What I think happened i”
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@bend8353
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“Hmm almost like the plant was there first, Who would have thought paper mills need water.”
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@aja1071
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“Sadly patern of Explosions: food plants, Maine, California Leak, Washington. ????? 🙏”
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u/Bobinct
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“Trump, the GOP, and the 1% are getting rid of untold numbers of protections and regulations. Untold until something happens.”
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@4FNC
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“my town of Longview made the news due to a large caustic chemical spil…”
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u/Chuck-Finley69
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“Hindsight is 20/20”
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@bend8353
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“It can be grandfathered in depending when built. Also spill containment is for small leaks. Would not have done much here”
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@sidneyvandykeii3169
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“Probably older tanks. That paper mill is older than I am.”
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u/Cowlitzking
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“This article is a big nothing burger. I got news for you. All paper mills that have a digester and a recovery boiler have white liquor. All of these mills have tanks. More than more one probably. The white liquor is piped all the way from the boilers to the digester, there is pro”
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@berean65
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“Insurance fraud?”
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u/PappaPitty
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“Rest easy Brad and Tylor. Entered this world together and left together.”
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u/el_extrano
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“they are saying that tens of thousands of gallons of white liquor has spilled out and into the environment. Your link actually doesn't say that. Paper mills have their own process sewer and water treatment system, however this leak was large enough that it entered the storm sewer”
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u/Miguel-odon
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“First a glue tank, now a paper tank. What's next?”
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u/MixedEchogenicity
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“Have there been a lot of chemical explosions lately?”
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u/PigFarmer1
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“Imagine that. Remind us who POTUS is and how he hates regulations...”
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@audibjornsson6107
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“ @hazbug acid is caustic”
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@audibjornsson6107
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“It burst so the acid type liquid spilled out in a huge quantity and hit several people and it melted them.”
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@sorrystarfish38
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“The nippon mill has regularly been violating safety procedures”
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@OPB
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“CMS/Google: Published May 26, 2026 at 7:11 AM PDT (14:11 UTC). BODY is evening recovery-phase copy (900,000 gallons, 9 unaccounted, operations suspended as evening fell). A 7:11 AM first-publish of this text is impossible. Treat as unknown. Likely 7:11 PM PDT mislabeled or a plac”
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u/EzraFemboy
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“In china executives that allowed this to happen would literately get the death penalty. Meanwhile in the US they might get sued or something. Their truly is almost zero consequences for anyone with power.”
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@TheRealMcCoy
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“Heartbroken for my hometown community of Longview, Washington… Our ent…”
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u/-GameWarden-
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“If you are interested in American industrial accidents/negligence look up the USCSB on youtube. They are and independent federal agency that investigates tragedies like this. Fully animated videos.”
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@PMaynard-22
YouTube, captured
“Implosion happens when colder liquid is induced into a hot tank. The hot expanded metal instantly starts to cool and retract and this can be the result. I have seen it happen personally.”
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u/BuddhasGarden
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“I’m waiting for the Chemical Safety Board to release its video now.”
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u/ChemE_Throwaway
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“There should be prison time for whoever approves operating a tank like this when the the plate thickness is *half* of the required minimum thickness.”
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u/translinguistic
Reddit, captured
“Correct me if I'm wrong--and I'm not really trying to speculate on what happened--but aren't these tanks supposed to get a structural integrity test at least every 5 years? I have to deal with that when doing spill prevention plans, and my annual inspections include noting struct”
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@KLOG/KUKN
koin.com, captured
“Station website/Facebook/Google did not surface a timestamped May 26 morning newscast file. Only later KOIN interview (owner arrived ~7:45, scanner already going, on air ASAP). Negative on open web. Station still holds the file if it exists.”
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u/thatistragic_101
Reddit, captured
“It is kind of crazy, I feel so bad for the families. I’m curious to know what the report will say. The post reminded me of confined spaces, I wonder if an internal inspection of tank was pushed off because of that? Just a shot in the dark, I work remotely on safety so I’m just tr”
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u/reeferthetuxedocat
Reddit, captured
“What an absolutely horrendous way to die. White liquor is one of the most dangerous chemicals used in the Kraft pulping process. It’s very hot, very alkaline so you not only get thermal but also chemical burns if exposed. Having a tank of that size fail with that much chemical in”
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@jimjoookno4622
YouTube, captured
“How are they missing? Where could they have gone”
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@ChiefBridgeFuser
YouTube, captured
“ @PMaynard-22 is liquid in the tank hot (warm?) because they are disolving the sodium hydroxide in water on site?”
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@johnquinn456
YouTube, captured
“Use bamboo tP”
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@Genevieve_Kelly
YouTube, captured
“The poor fish. 😢 I am so very very sorry for all of the loss, this makes me very sad. Please know our hearts are with you from California.❤ I’ve been to Longview we love Nips.”
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u/reptheevt
Reddit, captured
“Three external inspections in a year. Definitely a mindset of “can we get it to our next outage/next year”. Probably did some sort of risk analysis and determined failure was a low probability event. Maybe even had some administrative controls regarding tank level. Either they mi”
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@spvillano
YouTube, captured
“That's what the National Chemical Safety Board report is for. OSHA handles practices and protections, NCSB handles processes and process safety. They're slow, but boy, are they thorough. And alas, far too often ignored.”
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u/401RIGUY86
Reddit, captured
“Condolences to the lives lost. The families they left behind. And the community they belonged to.”
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u/Extinct1234
Reddit, captured
“All speculation and conjecture from our desks and armchairs”
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u/Rabidschnautzu
Reddit, captured
“The enemy of learning is knowing.”
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@susanmitchell9879
YouTube, captured
“that suit doesn't suit you; try a blue it won't wash you out so much:body-blue-raised-arms:”
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@dryhumorfoe8275
YouTube, captured
“Its called "rolling back safety regs" so the billionaires can make more profits.”
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u/SliceofNewsMan
Reddit, captured
“Absolutely tragic My heart goes out to all those affected Something like this *should not* happen and they need to take measures to insure those who’ve lost their lives and were injured didn’t do so in vain and something like this doesn’t happen again”
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u/IH-SafetyGeek
Reddit, captured
“In the chemical plants and refineries where is worked, and subsequently consulted, it was common practice for periodic testing and strapping of tanks. There was a schedule to take tanks out of service for visual and other internal testing and cleaning. All these activities were s”
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@Welderman007
YouTube, captured
“I have still yet to hear anyone say were the 800,00 gallons of Toxic liquid ended up going. Or are we just not going to address that issue.”
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@jmartinezort
YouTube, captured
“I've been a static equipment designer for 15 years and I'm still wondering why a storage tank for corrosive service didn't have a contention dike with at least a volume 110% larger than the largest storage tank of the group as per NFPA400 (or NFPA30 for flammable fluids). A conte”
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@TracyBagwell-b1h
YouTube, captured
“There two explosions in two different states?”
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u/sgoicharly
Reddit, captured
“Isn't there an active effort rn in Orange county CA to keep a tank with a toxic chemical from exploding?”
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u/kattattak_76
Reddit, captured
“At least one person has died, nine people were injured and nine employees remain unaccounted for after a large vat of chemical treatment product, including hazardous materials, ruptured at a paper and packaging facility in Washington state, fire officials said. The incident took ”
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@PatLiddington
YouTube, captured
“Lord, please help the families involved. Please protect the firefighters and speed recovery to the injured. Please Lord give peace to those who have been lost and to their families and friends. Amen🙏❤”
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@opethscales
YouTube, captured
“All you need for potential implosion is lower pressure inside the tank vs outside. AKA vacuum. If the pressure differential is greater than the tank is designed to withstand, an implosion will occur. Many documented tank failures this way, can even see many on YouTube searching f”
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@erikkovacs3097
YouTube, captured
“You wont find any remains. White liquor is caustic sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. They were dissolved.”
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@gigliowananomacon
YouTube, captured
“Yeah this feels weird”
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@1985230ce
YouTube, captured
“Some of it is flowing through a ditch that passes past Mint Farm which is where the city of Longview gets its water.”
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@LaurilandLand
YouTube, captured
“You poke the bear, you get the claws.”
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u/GingerSnapSurprise
Reddit, captured
“Not to be too graphic, but white liquor is nasty stuff. One of its main components is sodium hydroxide (aka lye), which for lack of other words, essentially turns human bodies into soap. For the 9 bodies yet to be recovered, there may not be much left that's recognizable. Combine”
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u/hobbes747
Reddit, captured
“Wasn’t there a similar history with the tank that almost failed in California \[May 2026 Orange County\] which resulted in neighbourhoods being evacuated? They should issue fines every day whilst still in service. A weird parallel anecdote: In states like Minnesota where people g”
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@MysteriaPearl
YouTube, captured
“That mayor looks like he went to register for high school and accidentally ran for office instead. Sending prayers and love for everyone involved. Chemicals need to be more tightly regulated and moved out of highly populated areas.”
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@jedknutson8373
YouTube, captured
“Stop, it's disturbing. Why no warning....I can't....”
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u/hysys_whisperer
Reddit, captured
“The thing that gets me is the siting of the tank and lack of secondary containment . If you look on Google maps, there are trucks parked all up around that tank. From personal experience, the number of near misses that read "guy put truck in reverse instead of drive," or got out ”
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@jcolorful9815
YouTube, captured
“UGH,, THATS FUCKED”
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@jaysongardner6190
YouTube, captured
“melted like the terminator.”
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@ThomasHolt-k9g
YouTube, captured
“Amen to that 😊”
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@Have_Gone_Coastal
YouTube, captured
“And the CSB - Chemical Safety Board...”
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@DC_Electric
YouTube, captured
“You could dilute just 1 gallon of this caustic “white liquor” with 1,000,000 gallons of freshwater and it would still be considered “dangerous to anything biologic”.”
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@garybowler5946
YouTube, captured
“Yep, and there is a valve to handle that situation and vent pressure into the tank. Apparently it did not work.”
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u/galspanic
Reddit, captured
“Just a friendly reminder that a ph of 13-14 is the opposite of acidic and that the ph scale is logarithmic. I’ve heard 3 news reporters say that it was highly acidic and to explain how NOT acidic this disaster is requires math.”
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u/Magus_Mind
Reddit, captured
“Not shocked at all to see Cowlitz County withholding information”
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@Kitcat725
YouTube, captured
“Time to get Erin in”
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@odisy64
YouTube, captured
“What is the other state?”
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@Wolfboy607
YouTube, captured
“implosion or explosion? i know there's already been a surprising number of explosions today, but implosion isn't a synonym you can switch in to make it sound fresher. Great pressure inside a vessel causes it to explode, great pressure outside a vessel causes it to implode. Fail o”
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u/Tall-Control8992
Reddit, captured
“That's what happens when insurance will pay for a blown up plant, but won't pay a penny to fix stuff before something goes kaboom.”
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u/Osiris32
Reddit, captured
“So for those of us nerds who love things getting explained, the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board releases really cool videos that go into the details of industrial accidents that involve chemical...stuff. This incident is one of those things, but they usually tak”
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u/Plyro109
Reddit, captured
“The owners should be forced to pay for every repair, then shoved into prison, and the company handed over to its employees. People died because of this negligence. There need to be more consequences than a tiny fucking fine. Anything less is a mischarge of justice.”
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u/United_Society
Reddit, captured
“At this point we can add 9 more to that. Nobody still inside is alive. They are recovering our loved ones, not rescuing.”
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u/etcpt
Reddit, captured
“Port Townsend Paper Co. responded to the local paper *The Leader*, they ran a piece on it like a week ago. Just because they're not responding to KUOW by air time doesn't mean they're not talking about it.”
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@brycecreer9658
YouTube, captured
“!MAJOR CORRECTION! I need to correct the record. I just found out that there are 2 pulp plants right next to each other in Longview. The company that has had the fatal tank accident today, is NOT the same company that I worked for. I apologize for giving bad information, and I ho”
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@photojnt
YouTube, captured
“New "background theme"... There was a trend of lumbermills going up in flames. Oil refineries going up in flames. Train derailments. Now chemical tank explosions. They tend to happen in 3s within days of each other.”
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@brad1179
YouTube, captured
“Containment can also be set up as a diversion path aka drain isolation.”
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u/punk1984
Reddit, captured
“https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/major-chemical-explosion-injures-multiple-people-at-longview-paper-mill/ > The mill has a long history of environmental and other violations with both federal and state regulators, though the resulting fines have been relatively minor. Hm”
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@Broadcastify
broadcastify.com, captured
“Re-fetched https://www.broadcastify.com/archives/feed/30541?date=2026-05-26. Archives exist in PDT; archive playback and downloads require a premium subscription. Login wall. Longview PD/Fire encryption since ~Aug 2025 means tactical fire traffic may be missing even with premium.”
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@grahamcracker659
YouTube, captured
“replace trees with plastic trees”
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u/Packtex60
Reddit, captured
“20 year pulp mill guy. I think there were two mills in Longview at one time. I visited one of them in the 1995-98 time frame. Paper industry always had a family feel and I feel that when something like this happens. I saw that it was a white liquor tank that exploded. 99% of the ”
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u/Terry__Poppins
Reddit, captured
“Its always a "longstanding pattern of safety and environmental violations " but you don't hear anything about anyone getting punished for it, no wonder it just keeps happening.”
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@christinecortese9973
YouTube, captured
“As an implosion, this would have overwhelmed any containment. It would have released a tidal wave of caustic chemicals.”
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@cjlaity1
YouTube, captured
“@poorthing -- no. But that leaking tank in California demonstrated that there are potential targets all over the place. Why are all these tanks filled with lethal chemicals just sitting out in the open in the first place?”
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@newportdave1872
YouTube, captured
“Why would there be parts of bodies?”
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u/jaderust
Reddit, captured
“The fact that the bodies have to be decontaminated before they can be released to the coroner to try to identify them is what got me. And I can’t even tell if the people who they can’t find were touched by the released chemicals or just breathed them in.”
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@SheilaScardino-o6o
YouTube, captured
“Who owns this company?”
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@KoguryoKid
YouTube, captured
“Blown to Kingdom Come, I reckon. But they'll never say.”
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@UsualSuspect420
YouTube, captured
“Maybe the warning is for family related to the 11 people that died?”
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@bellatina-g9n
YouTube, captured
“Thank you! The city water wells are 500 to 700 yards from this tank. It seems no one is investigating this.”
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u/Snoo23533
Reddit, captured
“That chemical is more dangeous than the name suggests. From google ai: The chemical spilled at the paper mill is "White Liquor," a hot, highly concentrated alkaline solution (mainly caustic soda and sodium sulfide) used to dissolve the natural glue holding wood fibers together. A”
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@AlexP-yb7gh
YouTube, captured
“Creed from Dunder Mifflin is in charge of quality control he is going to have his hands full”
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@KGW
kgw.com, captured
“Article URL was live by the 17:28:45 UTC tweet. Independent first-published minute not recovered. Do not treat as earlier than the tweet.”
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u/NLtbal
Reddit, captured
“Corners get cut when companies only have to pay 20% taxes on profits instead of paying for proper maintenance.”
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@55379_ancient_trees
YouTube, captured
“Some one is not letting the mainstream news distract them. This question is very valid and needs to be addressed. Gold ⭐ star to you my friend.”
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u/inalasahl
Reddit, captured
“> Despite these ongoing risks, community leaders were quick to add there was no danger to the industrial city of 115,000 that sits along the Columbia River, but asked people to stay clear of dikes and ditches nearby due to possible contamination.”
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u/RiddleoftheSphynx
Reddit, captured
“The amount of tragic history for such a small area is next level spooky. I feel bad for Longview, they've really had a lot of crap through the years, so much that you could probably make a pretty watchable series just focusing on their history. Landslides, bridge collapses, the s”
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@russlehman2070
YouTube, captured
“If they don't find the last three soon, there may not be anything left to find.”
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@rkg3902
YouTube, captured
“Very sad”
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u/HatefulHagrid
Reddit, captured
“As I say every time there's an incident and someone posts here asking "wHaT aRe yOuR tHoUgHtS?": I have none. As safety professionals we can all make reasonably educated guesses at what may have gone wrong but it's all pure conjecture. None of us were there, none of us work for N”
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u/lakorai
Reddit, captured
“Who wants to bet the c suite got some sort of report of safety concerns about the tank and ignored them because the cost of lawsuits could statistically be less expensive than replacing the tank...”
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u/iwatchyoupee
Reddit, captured
“I have a relative that works there as some sort of technician or engineer. Apparently internally things aren’t looking great for the company right now as far as potential liability goes.”
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@CRIPMAGE6
YouTube, captured
“As a truck driver that delivered pulp these guys do a lot of hard work and I'm sorry for the family's loss”
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u/StickyGary
Reddit, captured
“Somebody please, enlighten me as I've worked in industrial chemistry and laboratory settings but never a Kraft processing facility. I get the fundamentals and that it's basically a closed-loop system; regenerating sodium hydroxide in-situ from sodium smelt recovered after burning”
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u/Far-Selection7866
Reddit, captured
“Ten months out of service should have been a glaring red flag. Equipment holding hazardous chemicals needs documented inspections and a hard stop when it fails, not a shrug until something catastrophic happens.”
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u/bethelbread
Reddit, captured
“This is so tragic for the community. I think it's reasonable to say that almost everyone in town personally knows someone who lost a family member.”
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@Call_Me_David
YouTube, captured
“The results of the accident are certainly tragic, but I don't see what's disturbing about the video. It's not like it showed the infamous RoboCop scene irl.”
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u/Choice_Depth_5933
Reddit, captured
“What a tragedy. If only it could have been avoided.”
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u/skyebaby8
Reddit, captured
“Slave labour and negligence. Quite suspicious all the chemical incidents recently. It’s almost like they want to reduce the numbers of resources in particular states/cities.”
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u/WoodsWatchman
Reddit, captured
“So they said it's 450,000 gallons at 50% (not verified, employees said that) concentration. They're saying it leaked into the Columbia river and has killed fish. Does that change anyone's opinion?”
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u/scotchowl
Reddit, captured
“USCSB is gonna have a video about this at some point. Classic case of negligence causing loss of life.”
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Reddit post
Reddit, captured
“Ten months unfit for service is an outrageous lapse, especially for a chemical tank holding hazardous material. There need to be a serious investigation into who signed off on inspections and maintenance.”
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u/Simple_Ad_3972
Reddit, captured
“How horrific. The CSB has thankfully been funded for 2026 and will hopefully shed some light into how a tragedy like this happens. If you haven't watched their videos please do, they are outstanding.”
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u/waaaayupyourbutthole
Reddit, captured
“I keep thinking of the explosion that took out my dad's old mill in Minnesota like 15 years ago when i scroll past this article. I think only one died in that, but it shut the paper mill down for good and it was a big employer in the area.”
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@Unveilingthesacred
YouTube, captured
“@TomMoore-d1k this dude just dripping with trumps name can’t wait to throw it into every sentence. You should get your head checked bud.”
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u/Thunderclone_1
Reddit, captured
“white liquor is a really nasty chemical to spill, especially in that quantity. Its main component would be sodium hydroxide (lye) Those 9 missing workers are probably more in "recovery" than "rescue" condition if their workspace was flooded and they haven't already been located.”
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@MrsJodiHunter
X, captured
“I live in Longview. This is my hometown.”
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@bellsTheorem1138
YouTube, captured
“EPA is making sure this is reported as a safe and healthy spill.”
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u/LushGerbil
Reddit, captured
“I am so sorry for the loss of your son. I hope that one day, the pain will dull, and you'll be able to hold to your love for him, remembering his good qualities and carrying them on in the world.”
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u/tebbewij
Reddit, captured
“What's in the tanks? If flammable or one of the 137 highly hazardous chemicals then PSM is required and in turn required 5 year inspection of the tank and systems”
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u/Mtnman-
Reddit, captured
“I work in a mill on the east coast. I highly doubt there as anything left of the 9 unaccounted for. This is tragic at best. All our tanks with dangerous chemicals have walls around them to contain a spill like that. The fact that they had a shop that close with no containment blo”
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u/Discard_Laundry1527
Reddit, captured
“Relevant: [The Chemical Safety Board [CSB] is quietly being shuttered.](https://www.reddit.com/r/SafetyProfessionals/comments/1lejdxw/the_chemical_safety_board_csb_is_quietly_being/)”
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u/MassiveBoner911_3
Reddit, captured
“Omg these guys where covered in acid and melted like a snowman in the sunmer”
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@Delphinia-bot
YouTube, captured
“RIP beautiful souls. May your family be embrace with love and laughter. +Amen .”
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@FezAmerico
YouTube, captured
“Big industry/corporations cutting conners to save money. No, they would never ever do something like that...”
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u/Low-Blacksmith5720
Reddit, captured
“I’ve done maintenance in paper mills for well over 30 years. The tank imploded so that means it formed a huge vacuum inside. Being a tank that stores white liquor it can’t vent to atmosphere so when’s it’s being filled it relieves pressure to somewhere safe and when it’s being pu”
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@Genevieve_Kelly
YouTube, captured
“I’m so very sorry. My heart is with you ♥️. 🥀🥀🥀”
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u/Live_Ask4279
Reddit, captured
“I live in the town it happened. I have two managers that live a stones throw away from where it happened, and one has a child under a year. They're okay thank goodness.”
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u/PrincessFucker74
Reddit, captured
“If the great molasses flood of 1919 taught me anything it was that cheap large tanks of stuff shouldn't be fucked with.”
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@TheoneGodfather
YouTube, captured
“Worked in one for 24 years. Even though they seemed to try their best to make it safe I witnessed several serious injuries over the years.”
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@Couchintheclouds
YouTube, captured
“White liquor is actually mostly a solution of caustic lye. Basically the same stuff in drano crystals that use clean your drain with.”
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u/Codyistall
Reddit, captured
“That website is fucking unusable”
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@SHERRYSRUN
X, captured
“…I pray for my friends who work there.”
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u/girtonoramsay
Reddit, captured
“They have a blast radius of 50,000 ppl evacuated recently from a ruptured tank of a hazardous chemical in Orange Ciunty California. Seems like this kind of story will become more normal...”
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@lindapowell917
YouTube, captured
“what evidence do you have of that?”
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u/DetectiveTappatio
Reddit, captured
“https://preview.redd.it/q2psk8s2ws3h1.jpeg?width=3456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd0d09b2c355735e06a665c858fd3f856b263c29 I live across Industrial avenue from the mill. As close as any house can get in Longview. This popped in the past few days along the slough. In addition we've ha”
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@russlehman2070
YouTube, captured
“I think this was most likely a structural failure of the tank, probably due to corrosion. I think the tank wall failed near the bottom of the tank. Thought the top of the tank shows signs of vacuum collapse, this was likely due to liquid flowing out the rupture near the bottom so”
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@brad1179
YouTube, captured
“It's a slow itchy intense burn. Your skin feels slimy and it hurts something fierce.”
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@janicesanchez8257
YouTube, captured
“Praying for everyone ❤️🙏”
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@russlehman2070
YouTube, captured
“@ChiefBridgeFuser "White liquor" is a soluton of sodium hydroxide (aka lye or caustic soda) and sodium sulfide. There really wouldn't be any vapor from it.”
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@LongviewFireDep
Facebook, captured
“The Longview Fire Department is currently responding to a major chemical explosion reported at the Nippon facility that occurred around 7:30 a.m. this morning. Residents are asked to stay away from Industrial Way and avoid the surrounding area while emergency crews work the incid”
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u/Homes_With_Jan
Reddit, captured
“After a discussion, we are reversing our call and leaving this post up. While Longview/Kelso is technically Cowlitz , we do view them as our neighbor city and they will be included as part of this sub. We hope all of the missing people are safe and sound. Sorry for our initial re”
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@FronBom
YouTube, captured
“I am sorry for your loss. Rest in Peace Dale.”
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@TracyBagwell-b1h
YouTube, captured
“I thought the paper mill was shut down. Last year.”
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@TomMoore-d1k
YouTube, captured
“What EPA? Trump fired everyone.”
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@goodboyzone
YouTube, captured
“It's really weird all this is happening at once it seems like our country's been compromised”
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@newportdave1872
YouTube, captured
“@garybowler5946 Should have been also backed up by a spring loaded vacuum release valve too.”
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@cjlaity1
YouTube, captured
“Just shows how vulnerable we are especially these days in the age of drones.”
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@samwoods3430
YouTube, captured
“What a nut ball to say something like that.”
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@Longview
the source, captured
“Longview Fire Facebook first post (approx 8am PDT reconstructed) still has no created_time. Facebook Page Insights and Cowlitz 911 CAD are not public. PulsePoint historical CAD previously empty. Public-records request would be needed for CAD timestamps and FB Insights.”
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@dbuse1
YouTube, captured
“They reported earlier the did remove 6 of them, but who knows how intact they were”
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@Internet
web.archive.org, captured
“web.archive.org/cdx/search for facebook.com/LongviewFireDep* on 2026-05-26 returned Internet Archive Temporarily Offline. Previous session CDX also failed/timed out. No first-capture created_time recovered.”
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@Broadcastify
broadcastify.com, captured
“broadcastify.com/calls/coverage for Cowlitz County (ctid 2965) lists Airlift NW and WSDOT North West Region talkgroups seen in the past 24 hours, not Cowlitz Dispatch 154.815 or Longview PD/Fire. No historical May 26 2026 Calls archive is public. Analog feed 30541 archives remain”
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@Brielshallouf
YouTube, captured
“@DonRickles-i9t the one in Washington is the one in Portland it’s not far from Portland”
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@richardthomas2423
YouTube, captured
“When was the last tank inspection? Including the operating of pressure relief valve were checked and you're telling me these critical valves aren't connected to computers to tell you, or to warn you when they're not opening by critical alarms. Should have been a warning See a lot”
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@GiffyPooh
YouTube, captured
“May Day!!! Idk what I’m talking about but.. MAYDAY!!! Seriously?”
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@Daniel-vh9lg
YouTube, captured
“Yea I did LP for 10, no more of that!”
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@dbuse1
YouTube, captured
“@TomMoore-d1k There is still an EPA. He fired the overhead pencil pushers”
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@Fettigkeit
YouTube, captured
“@ezdeezytube Well said”
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@ItIsWhatItIs827
YouTube, captured
“Every chemical tank should be inside a continment area that can hold 1.5 times more than the tank capacity. Stopping spills like this. When was the last time that tank was even tested or how about the pressure regulators? When it was installed 20+ years ago”
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u/Camon_Chemistry
Reddit, captured
“I’d be cautious about drawing conclusions either way without actual water testing data. “White liquor” can refer to pretty caustic industrial chemical mixtures, but the real risk depends on concentration, containment, and whether it reached drinking water systems in meaningful am”
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u/stellarfury
Reddit, captured
“White liquor is sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide in water. Sodium hydroxide probably isn't a big deal, there won't be enough to basify the water table. Same with the sodium sulfide, volumes are probably not large enough to affect drinking water. But its risk profile is definit”
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@nelieltu9730
YouTube, captured
“Well safety under the Epstein class don't go well together.”
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@cjlaity1
YouTube, captured
“@samwoods3430 -- why? Don't you care about national security?”
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@hazbug
YouTube, captured
“ @newportdave1872 the liquid that spilled was caustic/basic so it would break down skin&tissue sure, but the tank breach also had a lot of force. So it's feasible that an additional hazard was the pieces of the tank and other nearby failing structures. So all parts might not be ”
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@KenD-o5i
YouTube, captured
“I'm sure gutting OSHA had nothing to do with this. 🤦This story mentioned nothing about their safety record, Nor if employees voiced any safety concerns, The Trump administration has attacked workers rights.”
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@linanicolia1363
YouTube, captured
“Maybe one of Musk's electric trucks ?”
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u/Sufficient-Plan6558
Reddit, captured
“DEREGULATION??? The feds have “cut a lotta red tape” It begins…”
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@BishopFlyFisher
YouTube, captured
“Both Washington State and Federal environmental regulations require secondary containment (usually berms) for nearly all chemical tanks. That containment should not have allowed the chemicals to get into the local dranage system and into the Columbia river. RED FLAG for the e”
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@Broadcastify
broadcastify.com, captured
“Feed ID 30541. Frequencies: Cowlitz Dispatch 154.815, Cowlitz Fire 153.7475/153.8675, Longview PD 155.535/155.940, Kelso PD 156.090. Archive calendar exists. Playback requires Broadcastify Premium. Open web search did not return a May 26 07:15-08:00 clip, transcript, or listener-”
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@maremuse
YouTube, captured
“Why is the company spokesman not Japanese? This is owned & run by a Japanese multinational organization.”
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u/Certain-Anxiety-6786
Reddit, captured
“OSHA needs to have teeth again”
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@linanicolia1363
YouTube, captured
“What chemical are we talking about ? How is it affecting the air for all people who breathe it ?”
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@maremuse
YouTube, captured
“My dad worked in US owned mills. Much safer back then - we didn’t need bleached grocery wrappers & profits from raping forests for overseas sales.”
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@beermansgoldprospecting
YouTube, captured
“They recovered the last man today.”
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@robvange
YouTube, captured
“too late now................................”
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@newportdave1872
YouTube, captured
“@linanicolia1363 You should get some more tinfoil while it’s in supply. I got a feeling you’re going to need it.”
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@christinal9046
YouTube, captured
“Thank you for creating a paper trail!”
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@S1L3ntPunisher
YouTube, captured
“We all know we been getting invaded have they been attacking us and the news media has been hidding it all this time🤔 there's no government worker we can trust the media has been against us we all know that. Our entire government had been worried about this invaders and who we c”
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u/PDXDL1
Reddit, captured
“I heard from a guy who worked here that this facility has been sold 6 times- each time they extract more profit from the workers and company.”
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@WestCoastSunshine
YouTube, captured
“This is horrible for the families..my thoughts n prayers are with each of them.”
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u/Sickness4Life
Reddit, captured
“It's crazy how Trump goes into office, guts safety regulations, and we have this.”
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u/DenverHi
Reddit, captured
“Workers around the world are being exploited by billionaires and their multinational corporations. Our land and resources are being contaminated and stripped for profit. And we're letting them.”
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@gallowglass85
YouTube, captured
“ @bend8353 I'm just curious why they moved it from the Cowlitz river, a fairly clean location, into an industrial zone with nothing but chemical plants around it. Right after spending, i cant remember how many millions of dollars it was, to renovate the old water plant.”
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u/Evil_Mini_Cake
Reddit, captured
“Well this is how you produce a Joker.”
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@gallowglass85
YouTube, captured
“Such a sad loss. On a side note, I want to give my personal thanks to the city planner/ council members that moved our drinking water facility right next to this plant and other just like it. Bless your hearts.”
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@angeladerby2513
YouTube, captured
“I'm still not understanding this, but Thank you for sharing this information. Sometimes it's better to read comments than to make one in which you have No idea what it entails...Well Appreciated. 😊”
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@randallthomas5207
YouTube, captured
“When things implode, there is a shock wave. Back in the dark ages, I watched a friend shoot the cathode ray tube of a 27-inch television. The tube is under pretty high vacuum. When he shot it, the glass was violently thrown outward.”
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u/JohnnyRighteous
Reddit, captured
“We can all thank the supreme leader and the fine job that his administration is doing by working hard at deregulation (lining pockets) and not giving two dusty fucks about you or anyone in this country. This will become more frequent and worse outcomes.”
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u/Short-Feed9690
Reddit, captured
“$700 fines don't work. Try $700,000.”
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u/Bananas_are_theworst
Reddit, captured
“Do we know yet why so many people were right near the tank? I’ve worked in a lot of industrial facilities (sourcing for automation) and I NEVER see that many workers in one place. Even in the olden days of line workers. Was the explosion just absolutely massive?”
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@JulieBates93097
X, captured
“Jim. I live in Longview. We feel like we are being lied to…”
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u/OkBuy8449
Reddit, captured
“OP here! Thank you, Chemists! You have answered my questions and made me feel a lot better. I appreciate you all!”
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u/alternativetentaclez
Reddit, captured
“Last summer this plant had a major fire. Seems they have been unsafe for some time and skirting regs. Used to work at Wauna, and spent considerable amounts of time near the white liquor, what a fucking miserable way to go. Bless those poor souls who lost their lives, and the fami”
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@nicoletweetsand
X, captured
“I'm with you on this, and I live in Longview 😬”
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@MillersMotors
YouTube, captured
“@brad1179 that slime feeling is the fats left behind when you cells are dissolved :(”
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@lauraknight8839
YouTube, captured
“ @ThomasHolt-k9g I saw a year ago its on youtube Nippon bought low bid electronic tank montering program. They should have physical daily inspections. I know blue collar workers like that. Work hard to keep it going. I hope they were are paid well”
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@b3llydrum
YouTube, captured
“Jesus dude, it was an implosion. We don't need your life story”
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u/Friendly-Profit-8590
Reddit, captured
“So what goes into inspecting these tanks?”
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u/This-Research-9586
Reddit, captured
“Nobody at the mill is going to say a word about the disaster until the investigation is complete and that’s not going to happen anytime soon.”
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u/Upstairs-Drive3434
Reddit, captured
“The most disturbing part is that the warning apparently existed long before the fatal failure. Hopefully the investigation leads to real accountability and stronger safety checks.”
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u/Beemerba
Reddit, captured
“This kinda stuff is only going to get worse. They SHOULD be forced to clean up the river and their act. Ignoring environmental regs have become mainstream and with the rise of data centers using up the fresh water, my view of future ecology is pretty dark.”
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@candyla88
X, captured
“…located on the Weyerhauser site in Longview, WA, (my birthplace).”
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@odisy64
YouTube, captured
“ @DonRickles-i9t it seems like the one in washington was the only explosion. I have driven through that town many times.”
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u/depth_net
Reddit, captured
“How much of a health hazard is this situation now? Water / air contamination?”
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u/pnwmetalhead666
Reddit, captured
“It's like that at every papermill (not excusing this if that's how it comes off) it's always profits over people. Safety is only a concern if it can boost their bottom line up. It's disgusting really.”
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@Kymbella66
YouTube, captured
“Lord please wrap your arms around these people who are affected by this!”
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@StanklinSupreme
YouTube, captured
“If whatever is inside of a tank is highly volatile or unstable and must be stored at a specific pressure to maintain stability, then if there is a sudden pressure differential from external to internal there will be an implosion. It is the forces that cause an explosion going inw”
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u/naranjanaranja
Reddit, captured
“Just horrible. I worry about the contents of tanks like these along the Willamette.”
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@gorak9000
YouTube, captured
“because it would cost money, and costing money cuts into profits - come on, you already know the answer”
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@IntelligentBeing-w9r
YouTube, captured
“All families of the deceased and all of those injured, as well as the first responders are in my prayers.”
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@HookahSmokinCaterpillar
YouTube, captured
“ @odisy64 Yeah, I'm sure lots of other people have driven thru that town, many times too but what does that have to do with this explosion? 🤦”
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u/GarageFridgeSoda
Reddit, captured
“This is what happens when capitalists and politicians are just one overlapping circle of a venn-diagram. We need a worker centered anti-capitalist party in this country or things will never get better.”
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@batmanchito
YouTube, captured
“Did he really say "our plant is extremely safe"?”
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@jimmyjames2022
YouTube, captured
“Excellent explanation of the white liquor, great report thanks!”
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@auto-train4013
YouTube, captured
“Blame the cost cutters upstairs, not the overworked employees.”
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@linanicolia1363
YouTube, captured
“Incidental or intended accident ? would it be a coincidence after Elon Musk ( using that DOGE ) was told to eliminate a lot of people , who were, unnecessary in their opinion ? We have seen problems with ATC people getting fired and accidents happening, because , now, there is a ”
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@Aaveragecitizen
YouTube, captured
“Where did ALL the COMMENTS go??!!? 🤷🏼♀️”
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@ph11p3540
YouTube, captured
“White liquor is commonly used in the pulp and paper industry in the primary steps of reducing pulp to fine fibers. Main chemical component of white liquor is sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. Both are highly caustic in concentrated form and will cause chemical burns to the s”
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u/Falcon_Flyin_High
Reddit, captured
“You can inspect tank thickness from the outside I believe...”
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@OneEyeOpen6
YouTube, captured
“I’m trying to understand what happened. So this tank ruptured and were they in this tank or did the tank fall on them?”
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@ScoobyFish-g6q
YouTube, captured
“Let's keep things positive, and ignore this comany filling a rusty 20 year old storage tank with 1 million gallons of toxic acid.”
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u/Elizabeth8nine
Reddit, captured
“As a community member, THANK YOU. So many people in our town rely on work at the mills and plants, and their safety is given such little consideration. It's toxic, and deadly. Thank you for being a voice.”
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@ezdeezytube
YouTube, captured
“I mean, who doesn't hate the bond between lignin and cellulose? Good riddance!”
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@ItsJasmr
YouTube, captured
“@newportdave1872 highly acidic liquid that spilled. Would have basically dissolved those nearby”
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u/stillwatersrunfast
Reddit, captured
“I saw whom I presume to be the CEO of the plant speaking to the press with first responders and his eyes looked REALLY BIG because I think he was realizing the mounting lawsuits beginning with every syllable and word that flew out of his pig mouth.”
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u/CoralBee503
Reddit, captured
“Slaughter? We don't know the cause yet but slaughter is overly dramatic and I don't believe anyone intended for people to lose their life. Until the investigation is complete, the cause is unknown. The drain issue and rig equipment inspection seem unrelated. Everyone wants to kno”
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@truthlove607
YouTube, captured
“@christinecortese9973 Tidal and Dyna…..The writing was on the wall!”
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@ChargersCity
YouTube, captured
“🙏🙏Blessings forever beautiful GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever😊❤”
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@nigelcarren
YouTube, captured
“Susan, I really like the way you think! 🇬🇧👍🇺🇲”
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@USGS
earthquake.usgs.gov, captured
“FDSN query starttime=2026-05-26T07:00:00-07:00 endtime=2026-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 latitude=46.138 longitude=-122.938 maxradiuskm=80 minmagnitude=-1 returned FeatureCollection count=0. Same null for 14:00-16:00 UTC / 50 km and 14:00-18:30 UTC / 50 km. No catalog event means no DYFI”
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@BobConnor-n2g
YouTube, captured
“It seems like all this could be better designed, but it probably just "evolved". For example, why was the tank in front of a break area where people congregate? Seems like the tank could be at the back of a building where the building wall would provide protection.”
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@jabreck1934
YouTube, captured
“@DonRickles-i9t Anything happens on the West Coast…… 24/7 around the clock, nationwide and global coverage. Maine plant explosion killing 11 last week…. Zero coverage. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣”
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@michaelpaiva9924
YouTube, captured
“As of June 1st 2026' the death toll is 11 and counting....." 6 of 9 " my arse”
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@brassmule
YouTube, captured
“I cannot imagine what these people went through. pH of 14 is just insane. They will likely not find anything left from the others who are still missing. We will pray for their families, I cannot imagine dealing with a loss like this.”
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u/lucifer893
Reddit, captured
“While officials originally said the tank had capacity to hold 80,000 gallons and was roughly 60% full, they later said the tank held over 10 times that amount of white liquor – approximately 900,000 gallons. Roughly 90,000 gallons of material may remain inside the damaged tank, t”
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u/Willing-Pineapple-32
Reddit, captured
“It is a horrendous environment. My dad worked there in the 80s and 90s before he retired…Can’t remember details because I was little…but it doesn’t sound like it got any better. My heart goes out to the families of the victims! Prayers!”
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@MrsHannahElizabeth
YouTube, captured
“Prayers for everyone affected by this 🙏”
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u/ReedForman
Reddit, captured
“Reminds me of the C4 factory in TN that blew up a few months ago killing everyone inside. My hometown is pretty close and a friend of mine captured the shockwave rocking his house through his ring door bell camera more than 5 miles away.. Idc what side of the aisle you’re on, thi”
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u/exploding_myths
Reddit, captured
“f cnn: [https://archive.ph/DFUS8](https://archive.ph/DFUS8)”
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@emtee40
YouTube, captured
“"Liquor?" - Rick”
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u/kattattak_76
Reddit, captured
“There have been multiple complaints about unsafe working conditions in the last few years, including one (unrelated) just **20 days ago**. https://youtu.be/ftEqjFdXp4E”
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@matthew17817
YouTube, captured
“All of these headlines remind me of the scene of V for Vendetta, when a bunch of awful events happen in order to scare people to stay inside (again…)”
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Reddit post
Reddit, captured
“Tank walls are metal. Metal can experience corrosion. If you work in an industry where large metal tanks surround your work space, ask yourself how many inspections are done on the job, yearly, or at 5 years?”
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u/Wealist
Reddit, captured
“Sounds like the maintenance strategy was basically “if it hasn’t collapsed yet, we’re good.” Turns out that wasn’t exactly a foolproof plan.”
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u/Manmer_Nwah
Reddit, captured
“I keep seeing conflicting reports, did the tank dump hundreds of thousands of gallons of that Sodium Hydroxide solution (White Liquor) or not? Because if it did, those people probably dissolved.”
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u/OrigamiParadox
Reddit, captured
“Why are we the only local subreddit removing these posts? This is potentially vital information for people living in Vancouver. It should not be easier to follow this situation on the Portland sub than it is here.”
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@AngryClassics
YouTube, captured
“What a vicious way to die... youre telling me this was not preventable? I know its off topic but you should research a little about Chernoybl”
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@hazbug
YouTube, captured
“ @audibjornsson6107 *caustic or alkaline, still very bad but the opposite end of the pH scale”
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@John
koin.com, captured
“KOIN later interview: We broke it on the radio within minutes of it happening because we heard it on the scanner in the morning. No timestamped clip recovered.”
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u/actionmotion
Reddit, captured
“So sad. Sounds like a possibility of bypassing inspection recommendations for the tank or the pressure control system for the tank. Implosion sounds like pressure control to prevent vacuum (whether breather valves / gas make up) or tank integrity (if designed for vacuum) failed.”
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u/climb-it-ographer
Reddit, captured
“Yikes. My dad was an ER doctor in Longview for his entire career and we heard plenty of stories from the mills, but nothing ever this catastrophic. What a horrible way to die.”
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u/Gary_Glidewell
Reddit, captured
“speculate speculate speculate yes I know this is 1000% tinfoil hat * https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-warehouse-worker-accused-arson-raged-online-capitalism-rcna331983 : *"California warehouse worker accused of arson raged online against capitalist greed. Friends s”
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u/bobbawon
Reddit, captured
“They admitted that of 900,000 gallons that spilled only an estimated 25,000 gallons remain and confirmed that some has leaked into the Columbia and dead fish are appearing. This was from today’s press release at 1pm. 5-27”
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@l82nite
YouTube, captured
“Poor maintenance or parts made in china.”
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@THESocialJusticeWarrior
YouTube, captured
“Paper mills are crazy dangerous. Did that for 6 years and got out. Still have PTSD.”
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@DonRickles-i9t
YouTube, captured
“At least three accidents. Were all considered "explosions? The leak in LA. One in Portland, OR. Can't remember the details. And this one in WA.”
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@beermansgoldprospecting
YouTube, captured
“Very sorry for your loss”
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u/dlsAW91
Reddit, captured
“I don’t think they’re going to find bodies”
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@chrisbenson6683
YouTube, captured
“They are opposites. Explosion is outward, and implosion is inward. Implosions are rarer.”
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u/invyros
Reddit, captured
“> The plant also failed to keep records of inspections and tests of the aqua ammonia tank and associated piping and valves, the citation said. Officials fined the plant $2,890 — the highest it has imposed on the plant in the last decade. We need to impose higher fines for violati”
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u/Superb-Home2647
Reddit, captured
“I deliver Sodium Hydroxide, HCL, Sulfuric acid, etc... to a lot of places including paper mills. The wording of this accident confuses me. 1. They're saying the tank was over filled 10x. That just seems impossible. Liquids don't like to compress unless under extreme pressures. Fo”
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@nicoletweetsand
X, captured
“I live in Longview, but just finding out about this.”
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u/darknessawaits666
Reddit, captured
“The US Chemical Safety Board is going to investigate. Best to not speculate until official reports come out. https://www.csb.gov/us-chemical-safety-board-opens-investigation-into-fatal-chemical-tank-implosion-at-nippon-dynawave-paper-mill-in-washington/”
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@hazbug
YouTube, captured
“They were not inside the tank but working in surrounding area. The break room and some admin offices are near the tank and we're impacted when the tank 'failed' and the white liquor was released. The white liquor is caustic (basic) so it's likely the tank aged and degraded overti”
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u/RiskMatrix
Reddit, captured
“You can view the 11-page [CSB update here](https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/6/ndp_investigation_update_publication_fixed.pdf). Worth a read if you're interested.”
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@mikepalmer1971
YouTube, captured
“Wow you should go work as an investigator. You got all that figured out from such a short video. You are a god damn genius.”
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@beermansgoldprospecting
YouTube, captured
“Very sorry for your loss. Your in our prayers”
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u/Pantsonfire_6
Reddit, captured
“Safety is no longer anything companies worry about anymore. Inspectors are let go, rules downgraded, laws not enforced, etc. Food? We get to have "explosive diarrhea"! Yay! Toxic beef parts? Bring it right in, no problem, no inspection! Legit US beef can compete, sure! Screw worm”
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@birdlynn417
YouTube, captured
“Oh, this is so sad. How did the blast occur?”
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@atlas869
YouTube, captured
“this tank looks like it wasn't vented properly so it implode!!!!”
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@margiemcdonald7938
YouTube, captured
“For some reason the news of this tragedy has been largely ignored by the national MSM.”
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@JudithStith
YouTube, captured
“Prayers for my home town of Longview, wa❤❤❤”
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@dna3930
YouTube, captured
“We are breading weak kids and people!”
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@SuperBigblue19
YouTube, captured
“This was one of three plants along that road. For decades, I picked up paper rolls at all three and spent four years going to Nippon, parking my truck almost daily about 25 yards from the disaster site. I was always amazed by how much machinery it took to make something as simple”
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@trishmich1864
YouTube, captured
“You should report that to the Feds.”
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u/patrickhenrypdx
Reddit, captured
“In July 2025, 10 months before the incident, NDP had G Tank inspected by performing an external visual inspection and external ultrasonic thickness testing. The results of the inspection showed significant thinning below the minimum safe thickness in the lower regions of the tank”
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u/GypJoint
Reddit, captured
“The city council should have been on the job. They’re the ones that are supposed to represent the local community. Terrible.”
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@CharDidIt2
YouTube, captured
“They could have been thrown some distance, or disintegrated.”
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u/Afro_Samurai
Reddit, captured
“Developing story, expect updates. At the moment the time stamp is: >May 26, 2026 9:13 a.m. Updated: May 26, 2026 6:42 p.m.”
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@beermansgoldprospecting
YouTube, captured
“#longviewstrong Praying for families and first responders. This has affected so many in our town. Our son knows 4 of the young men lost in this tragedy. Please send a prayer for Longview.”
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@damntravis6056
YouTube, captured
“Under debris...”
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@simonestreeter1518
YouTube, captured
“Nice. Savage sarcasm, it works.”
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@patriot9455
YouTube, captured
“I would suspect maintaining was at least part of the problem”
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@sorrystarfish38
YouTube, captured
“ @GH-oi2jf still an implosion, and why do you think implosions is so extreme and scary?😂”
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@poorthing
YouTube, captured
“@cjlaity1 so, are you saying THIS was a drone strike ?”
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u/Antrimbloke
Reddit, captured
“No harm to you all but you have a terrible attitude to the scale of environmental damage this will cause.”
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u/SpaceXmars
Reddit, captured
“White liquor, a superheated chemical mixture used to break down wood into paper pulp, is at the center of the deadly tank implosion at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill in Longview. The facility employs a common process for making paper known as kraft milling. In kraft milling, wood”
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@dr.emilschaffhausen4683
YouTube, captured
“Was it under a vacuum? Did a truck back into it?”
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@WingedMatchbox
YouTube, captured
“I once visited a paper mill to inspect pipes. The most terrifying place I’ve ever worked.”
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@Jesse
Facebook, captured 2026-09-05
“Sue Sue Sue”
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u/throwaway9gk0k4k569
Reddit, captured 2026-09-05
“> Apparently, this one gets a fucking teaser video! > > Never seen them do that before. I'd guess this means this incident is particularly important or complex. It's because the Republican administration tired to shut this department down. Only public backlash stopped them. They ”
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u/plumbbbob
Reddit, captured 2026-09-05
“Maybe just be more willing to shut down a plant that is unsafe. That'll be a cost that's automatically proportionate. If you require them to keep paying their workforce during shutdowns they'll fix it *fast.*”
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u/FIFofNovember
Reddit, captured 2026-09-05
“Best America can do is donate to the Republicans to get more things deregulated”
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u/Daren_I
Reddit, captured 2026-09-05
“Or order that the executive board members have to put in hours each week working in those same unsafe locations. If it's good enough for their workers, it's good enough for them.”
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u/ryushiblade
Reddit, captured 2026-09-05
“Percentage based fines are where it is! Helps the low earners and hurts the high earners”
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u/TornCedar
Reddit, captured 2026-09-05
“Fines would have to be consistent from state to state, otherwise it leaves moving a poorly ran operation to another state as a real option for companies looking to avoid the steepest penalties. Washington chose to run their own industrial safety program and opted out of OSHA, abo”
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u/Chance_Orchid_3137
Reddit, captured 2026-09-04
“bigger fines are great, but this is also a political and budget problem. you need inspectors to bring the fines, meaning your state needs to have hired enough qualified people to do the inspections. then, those people need to be let in to locations at all. where i live, the gover”
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u/mr_potatoface
Reddit, captured 2026-09-04
“Definitely not trying to justify the issue, because dangerous equipment need to be restored to a safe condition or taken out of service. But the currently manufacturing environment has fucking *absurd* lead times for replacement equipment depending on the service conditions and i”
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u/brycercovert
Reddit, captured 2026-09-04
“I'd love to connect with you! Can you shoot me an email at brycecovert@protonmail.com?”
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u/FunWrangler666
Reddit, captured 2026-09-04
“Company owner should go to prison”
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u/Smooth-Boss-911
Reddit, captured 2026-09-04
“Completely agree. Almost every time I'm reminded of traffic fines in Germany being a % of income, where someone racked up a 4$00,000 traffic ticket.”
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u/FunWrangler666
Reddit, captured 2026-09-04
“Nothing will change until CEO's go to prison for their companies actions”
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u/sedatedlife
Reddit, captured 2026-09-03
“Not surprising when you look at how they vote some people like the corporate boots and are more then happy to deregulate them.”
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u/FeministMAGA
Reddit, captured 2026-09-03
“The company's negligence killed 11 people. The company will pay the fines. The company will settle out of court with the families so it can claim what it paid to the families as a tax write off. Nobody will go to prison. The company will be fine...”
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u/StrangeRefuse8537
Reddit, captured 2026-09-01
“In paper mills it's the white lung (asbestosis and mesothelioma) you gotta watch out for”
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@Pat
Facebook, captured 2026-09-01
“Well first they need to quit notifying that inspection is happening on specific dates. That gives the plant time to temporarily fix what ever until they leave. I know I have worked places that do that, we all have. Warn them before you come is bs. NO , you go there to see what t”
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@Toby
Facebook, captured 2026-09-01
“According to the previous Atorney General Pam B. further investigation into the Epstein list scandal could lead to economic collapse. The thing about the law is that previous cases or decisions by attorneys or courts lead to legal precedence. This means that even though Nippon is”
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@Mary
Facebook, captured 2026-09-01
“Don't bring them back to their families.”
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@Scott
Facebook, captured 2026-09-01
“We need to see people in prison for this.”
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@Sher're
Facebook, captured 2026-09-01
“I hope so, I live 2 minutes away from the plant. Work 5 minutes from the plant. At my work, most of the men that lost their lives were customers. Our town mourned together and supported the families of the 11 men. We will never forget”
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@Dave
tdn.com, captured 2026-09-01
“Will TDN please interview the prosecutor and ask if he is evaluating/investigating for criminal charges? That is a very relevant question. Not a lawyer but it certainly smells of negligent homicide, 11 counts.”
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@mrmike75
TikTok, captured 2026-09-01
“That’s how a lot of these industrial places are. Paper mills, steel mills, chemical plants, oil refineries, power plants. The money they save is more important then the people who do the maintenance work”
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@jlthomas14
TikTok, captured 2026-09-01
“Safety is only a priority until there’s money to be made. I’ve said this for years and it’s the truth. Tradesmen know it.”
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@Diane
tdn.com, captured 2026-09-01
“Secondary containment is in the state fire codes and should have been known to City of Longview and fire chief for permitting. Do they intend to enforce secondary containment for new or temporary tanks?”
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@sportsgamblingenjoyer
TikTok, captured 2026-09-01
“They preach safety UNTIL it effects production”
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@Don_
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-31
“So sad, that’s the ultimate consequence of severe non-compliance (embracing grandfathering) is indeed systemic failure, where a series of small, ignored infractions create a "normalization of deviance" that inevitably triggers a catastrophic collapse.”
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@James
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-31
“Reckless endangerment? No hazard analysis or risk review for where to locate? Embracing “grandfathered” exemptions to avoid doing the right thing. So sad.”
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@Blinky
Facebook, captured 2026-08-30
“Company is going to put the blame on employees.. they always say it was the employees job to refuse and so the work if they feel it is unsafe... it's their loophole”
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@Howard
Facebook, captured 2026-08-30
“So if safety starts with them, where does it end?”
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@Dixon
Facebook, captured 2026-08-30
“Profits over safety! always has been/always will ! 😡😡”
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u/Constant_You9179
Reddit, captured 2026-08-30
“https://www.csb.gov/us-chemical-safety-board-issues-update-on-investigation-into-the-fatal-catastrophic-tank-failure-at-the-nippon-dynawave-packaging-facility-in-longview-washington/”
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@jringen
Instagram, captured 2026-08-30
“Prison for the owners”
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@deltakilofox
katu.com, captured 2026-08-30
“If the tank failed then it’s structure was not strong enough to contain the liquid, then it was not structurly sufficient for its purpose no matter how you twist the report.”
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@David
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“The sign says 'safety starts with us', so why then did they keep that tank in service even after an inspector said it was not safe to use, are they a company of hypocrites????”
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@Ryan
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Watching corporation after corporation get away with willful neglect in order to further line their pockets, at the direct cost of lives it would probably (then did) cost. What a time to be alive.”
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@Gena
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Per the report, why were they not required to cease operations until all identified safety concerns were fully repaired and corrected, followed by a subsequent inspection confirming compliance with all applicable health and safety requirements?”
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@Ariel
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Corporate America, profit uber alles.”
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@Crystal
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“What facts could be "left out they deemed it unfit for service. Immediate repair or to be taken out of service, which they did neither. That alone stands by itself.”
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@Sue
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“The investigation is not even close to be completed. Maybe they should have waited until they had all the information.”
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@Jill
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Go Sheri! We all have your back! ❤️”
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@Stephan
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Well here comes one of many, better file fast, that company gonna get so many fines won’t be any money left for victims, once the state sinks their teeth in there won’t be much left, and those families deserve to be compensated for there lose. I delivered chemicals to that plant ”
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@LaGrone
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Good. Now where's Kyron Horman at?”
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@Tonya
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Shut them down for good.”
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@Peggy
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“From my understanding, injured workers are covered under L&I (and can’t sue their employer) UNLESS there were extenuating circumstances ie; failure of employer to keep safe working conditions. That’s why she waited until the U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s findings. Prayers and peac”
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@Patty
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Nothing will replace the stupidity of SAFETY, for it wasn't there family, the Company take the responsibility of what they could of controlled to keep alllll safe. When does safety take over $$$. U the company LOST for SAFETY 1st.”
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@Scott
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Take them for everything.”
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@Tonya
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Good as she should.”
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@Abby
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“I hope they get enough to never have to work again, for every single family... This was absolutely deplorable”
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@Susie
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Sending prayers for her success in this lawsuit”
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@Rcfco
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Lots of shady cover up deals in Longstink Longview”
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@Jackie
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“This is so devastating and sad that 11 people lost there lives because of there stupidity of ignorance of not wanting to fix the violations, now those lives are gone because of them. I hope the persons get what they deserve out of the lawsuit. My heart goes out to those people th”
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@Riski
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“someone cavght the whole thing',"this~one". Police scene report”
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@Stephanie
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“As a mother I can’t even imagine the pain this loss would cause. I hope she gets everything she is seeking and then some. My heart goes out to her. 💜”
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@Nathan
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“The latest report that found the company KNEW about the tank being in unusable condition 10 MONTHS prior with 3 seperate inspections confirming it says they are going to win that lawsuit or settle VERY quickly.”
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@Joseph
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Plant should have been shut down years ago it's been in dismay for a long time don't understand how half these paper mills continue to operate without OSHA or anyone else showing up it's mind-boggling how the chip industry barely operates with very simple too many politics and ba”
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@Andre
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“They will win”
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@Randy
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Any inspector knows, if you find a serious problem you write a violation order and abatement order. Time limits and serious follow-up inspections. Several agencies failed codes, laws and doing their jobs.”
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@William
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Should include state and federal regulators”
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u/Independent-Equal176
Reddit, captured 2026-08-29
“That’s a horrifying example of paperwork and warnings not translating into action. If the tank had been taken offline after the inspection, this tragedy may have been prevented.”
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@Dani
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“As she should”
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@Sandra
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“I sure hope to heck she win’s !!! Should have never happened. 😥”
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@Linda
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“ABSOLUTELY AND SO SHOULD ALL THE OTHER FAMILIES AND EMPLOYEES!”
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@Susan
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“As she should. Still can’t even imagine her pain. God bless her. 😢”
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@Sharon
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“It was bound to happen..especially since the company had a bad mark 10 mos prior”
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@Joyce
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“I was wondering how long that would take.”
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@Chris
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“I knew that was coming every greedy attorney around the country just waiting to sue”
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@Dawn
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“As she should!! I hope she wins!”
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@Andrew
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Hope they win”
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@Lorena
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“As she should. I surely would. My dad worked with that stuff for years and he would talk about how dangerous it was all the time. I pray that rash and everyone files a law suit against them. So in disbelief that this even happened. May god bless you.”
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@Crissi
Facebook, captured 2026-08-29
“Good for her.. her sons would be here if the company wouldn't have ignored unsafe working conditions..”
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@user4145048017331
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“bet they made record profits...check the bonuses for the execcutives”
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@randomnoun7
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“Jail. Sentences. Hand’em out like AOL CDs in 1998.”
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@imstillsanevt2
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“Trump will get a 5 million dollar donation and nothing will happen”
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@ecomamz0
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“There’s no incentive when a fine for killing someone is 30k that’s 1 job profit for the company start charging 500k-1M fines for these people to shape up”
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@zone8
katu.com, captured 2026-08-29
“Not sure the company can massage the message here. The things was inspected twice, report sent and no corrective action occurred. That’s what I see with this tragedy.”
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@skoden684
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“Thanks trump”
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@marshallqanderson
Instagram, captured 2026-08-29
““Caustic acid” is contradictory…they are opposite ends of the pH scale….”
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LinkedIn post
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-29
“This is exactly why industry standards and government regulations exist. Failure to heed the advice and recommendations of certified professionals that lead to tragic deaths is criminal.”
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@lonewolf_of_the_north
Instagram, captured 2026-08-29
“Nippon Dynawave Packaging is owned by Tokyo-based Nippon Paper Industries (part of the Nippon Paper Group).”
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@maskahoni
Instagram, captured 2026-08-29
“Caustic Soda not acid”
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@lostonrainier
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“I can tell you I worked there and she is exactly right they only care about the paper machine making money and running”
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@aprilcullins
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“That's capitalism. it's not a red or blue thing, it's a systemic problem”
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LinkedIn post
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-29
“This August update is worth the 10 minute read and 10 minutes of self reflection regarding how you or your company would have handled a similar scenario. 11 people died and others were severely injured in what currently appears to be a decision to operate in the face of an inevit”
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@prettigurl730
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“That ridiculous & this is the kind of company that got big tax breaks”
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LinkedIn post
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-29
“After spending many years working for that facility and walking past that tank countless times this is sobering reminder of the consequences of these types of failures. Hopefully the findings prevent this from ever happening again. My heart breaks for the families and this commun”
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LinkedIn post
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-29
“There is no excuse for this preventable event. I can’t call it an accident. It was inevitable.”
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LinkedIn post
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-29
“An incredibly sad story for many, including 11 families that will never see their loved ones again. Ultimately, there was a chain of people that ignored the whistle of the "boiling kettle" despite the formal warnings. One can only hope that the reactionary outcome leads to actual”
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@n0n0squ4r3
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“ceos need to start being prosecuted!”
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@peribreeze
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“we need to hold corporations accountable for their inability to conduct SAFE business”
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@ttttaaaaarrrrrr
Instagram, captured 2026-08-29
“capitalism is great 🙌”
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@beck_tega
Instagram, captured 2026-08-29
“Longview”
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@thelaughinghat
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“I wonder what happened in 2017 that made them stop repairing it...”
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@reverend_pancake
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“Boomers shocked that corporations don’t care about people.”
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@Drb69
katu.com, captured 2026-08-29
“Nippon sounds Japanese. Does KATU know or care? Or are only Americans on KATU’s naughty list.”
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LinkedIn post
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-29
“~11.5% 900,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide in storage should be subject to serious regulatory oversight. If this storage tank was nearly full, do they really need one this large? Safety based process engineering shouldn't be an elective.”
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@kaylibaranieckijackson
Instagram, captured 2026-08-29
“Why wouldn’t the inspector be able to shut it down if he found it unfit like restaurants are closed when they fail???”
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u/runordye13
Reddit, captured 2026-08-29
“100% agree. There is knowing, and you should’ve known. Someone knew, based on the inspectors professional assessment, continued operation of this tank would likely lead to failure. It’s not every time you get a clear warning that something bad will happen. I hope someone answers ”
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@Dog1965
katu.com, captured 2026-08-29
“In the end the families will get a few bucks, the company will get fined a lot and the ambulance chasing lawyers will get a bundle.”
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@thereal4one3
TikTok, captured 2026-08-29
“corporate greed 🥀”
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LinkedIn post
LinkedIn, captured 2026-08-29
“Facility siting is a crucial part of hazard analysis to ensure personnel are not in harms way when these events occur. Yes, the tank should have been repaired, mitigated, or taken out of service. But the tank containing such hazardous material should never have been placed that c”
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@JackfromSandy
katu.com, captured 2026-08-29
“This response is no surprise.”
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u/pnwmetalhead666
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“Unfortunately that's so true. I'm so glad I got out of the mills before something else happened.”
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@Erik
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Exhibit A… ouch”
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u/whatisacarly
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“It's his livelihood and he knows how quickly he'd get laid off if he objected to the conditions or called OSHA. I used to work for subcontractors in these mills, you don't get a pat on the back if you bring up legitimate safety concerns, you get ghosted or ignored. They'll give y”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“I engaged with the Nippon defenders. I left the conversation feeling that I was too ignorant of safety procedures and too suspicious of corporate motives to continue. I don't know who they are but they really shut me up. I'm very disappointed.”
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@Kicking
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Capitism manifest.”
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u/TheCultofJanus
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“This town is so desperate for employers people are grateful for the opportunity to earn a paycheck, even if it means working under unsafe conditions. I've seen multiple people defending Nippon through the course of all this.”
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@Denise
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Criminal”
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u/Catbird-Jenkins
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“You are spot on. Im from the southern WV coal fields and Longview reminds me of the bad parts of home sometimes. Same mindset almost.”
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@Terry
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“If inspected and found unsafe. Why did they not tag it out or red tag it for non use until repairs could be made. Liability should fall over inspectors and nippon.”
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u/white_mojo1990
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“you gotta be the change you want to see in the world folks”
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@Bill
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Some one should have the authority to stop the work ! What good is it to pay these agencies , if they can’t stop a dangerous situation ?”
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@Jon
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“The company has some serious issues... When a structural component is damaged they will just stack rolls of paper, and pretend everything is fine... 🤣”
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u/oooshi
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“My husband was contracted for work out there just weeks before the explosion. It was mortifying, the impact to the community and knowing how easily my husband could have been one of the victims. For me, i feel the same way. Where is the anger? The call to action? Stories hes told”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“Our communities reaction to this is baffling. Longview Strong shirts with little crosses on them but no protest, no call to action, no clear demand for government protection from corporations. This has happened before and it will happen again. I am so sorry for the families. I am”
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u/Catbird-Jenkins
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“Intentional lack of maintenance for profit, resulting in deaths. Someone needs jail time for this crime”
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@Horatio
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“I thought that it was caused by the supports that failed not the walls of the tank.”
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@Michael
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“I am so glad they didn't take me back, and so sad at the lives lost 😢”
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@William
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“So will the U.S. chemical safety board be held responsible for allowing it to remain in use?”
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@Larry
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“How are the 3 who were hospitalized and are they back home now?”
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u/poopshanks
Reddit, captured 2026-08-28
“*shocked Pikachu face”
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@Smith
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“So who are the murdering officials?”
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@April
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Who did the inspections? When they came back in February and saw that there was still no effort to repair the tank, couldn’t the inspector report this to a regulatory agency who would have the authority to shut it down until repair ???”
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@Neil
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Profit over employees safety”
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@Craig
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Thank you lawyers for figuring this out ..”
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@S.
tdn.com, captured 2026-08-28
“I worked 31 years in this mill, represented the Local 580 as an elected Safety Rep and this is unbelievable. So preventable, so sad.”
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@Dave
tdn.com, captured 2026-08-28
“Someone made a decision to continue use of the tank despite the inspector’s warning of possible failure on three consecutive inspections. How is this not negligent homicide? The county prosecutor should explain why not or bring charges.”
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@Younger
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“a world of osha violations”
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@Terry
Facebook, captured 2026-08-28
“Thank God they're not building nuclear reactors...Having worked in a union shop, it makes me wonder if the "represented" workers were skilled craftsman, or union shop hacks?”
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@NiKnowz
katu.com, captured 2026-08-28
“NiPPON is certainly Japanese, the people who ignored the 3 inspection warnings were not Japanese.”
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@daniel.houghtelling
Instagram, captured 2026-08-28
“FYI. The new temporary tank has just been erected.”
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@Drb69
katu.com, captured 2026-08-28
“Sounds like a foreign company. Japanese? Make them pay for exploitation.”
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@NiKnowz
katu.com, captured 2026-08-28
“The inspectors noted 3 times, the last in February of 2026 that the Tank was losing thickness below a safe limit. 11 people died because a Democrat ignored the inspection.”
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@Dave
tdn.com, captured 2026-08-28
“Someone made a decision to continue use of the tank despite the inspector’s warning of possible failure on three consecutive inspections. How is this not negligent homicide? The county prosecutor should explain why not or bring charges.”
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@epic.tangent
Instagram, captured 2026-08-28
“🎵 Hey, it's me, capitalism, I'm the problem, it's me 🎵”
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@Uncle.Sams.Uncle.Sam
katu.com, captured 2026-08-28
“GOOD LUCK with that!!! The Republicans have done a very good job of protecting their CITIZEN UNITED Inc. donors from just such accountability with ALL of OUR help. Just ask any Congressman wanting to surprise inspect a PRIVATE Prison...”
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@daniel.houghtelling
Instagram, captured 2026-08-28
“500K gallons of liquor were in the tank. The tank could hold 900K.”
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@S.
tdn.com, captured 2026-08-28
“I worked 31 years in this mill, represented the Local 580 as an elected Safety Rep and this is unbelievable. So preventable, so sad.”
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u/NoMaterial4014
Reddit, captured 2026-08-24
“Well, they are not a regulatory body, so I suspect their lack of power means they aren't a target of the current admin. They just research chemical disasters and release reports detailing the contributing factors and their recommended prevention measures. The recommendations are ”
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u/PacNWDad
Reddit, captured 2026-08-24
“Has that agency lowered its standards? I hope not and that they conduct a thorough, open investigation.”
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u/NoMaterial4014
Reddit, captured 2026-08-22
“This is everyone's reminder to follow the USCSB on YouTube. They have a pending investigation on this incident.”
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u/danm67
Reddit, captured 2026-08-21
“What a horrible tragedy!”
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@slurpnluvjuice
TikTok, captured 2026-08-21
“keep cutting regulations... keep cutting budgets.... keep cutting inspections and inspectors... keep cutting oversight.... and we're all going to die”
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@micray88
TikTok, captured 2026-08-21
“White liquor ain't no joke”
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@live2learn42
TikTok, captured 2026-08-21
“do we not understand what "implosion" means😅😅😅”
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u/MishMeeter
Reddit, captured 2026-08-20
“The reason for the dense cloud is it is nearly boiling hot.”
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u/OnlineParacosm
Reddit, captured 2026-08-20
“I didn’t know it makes a dense fog, absolutely horrific. Every single one of those workers knew what that chemical would do to their bodies and yet we see a guy running around the smoke perimeter, presumably looking for people. Japanese companies have a very different way of hand”
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@joywalker196
TikTok, captured 2026-08-20
“God seeing this breaks me so much. A dear friend was killed in this. They could only identify him by the rod in his leg. 😭😭😭😭”
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@crybabytiktocdevs
TikTok, captured 2026-08-20
“It was a horrible accident that could’ve been prevented !! Owners need to be held responsible. So do the maintenance dept .”
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@jbeegs882
TikTok, captured 2026-08-20
“Do people not know what implosion means?”
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@cameronhardimon
TikTok, captured 2026-08-20
“God please let that Tacoma be ok!!!”
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@scubad7
TikTok, captured 2026-08-20
“WHERES THE VIDEO!!!!!!?????”
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u/seattletimesnewsroom
Reddit, captured 2026-08-18
“Work crews took the first steps Monday toward restarting the Longview paper mill that closed after [a fatal chemical spill in May](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/longview-plant-implosion-a-moment-by-moment-breakdown-of-disaster/), even as questions about the accident a”
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u/Extra_Argument_2215
Reddit, captured 2026-07-23
“This is printed direct to garment on a sweatshirt. Keep your slop comments to yourself please. 11 men died that day, it doesn't matter what YOU feel about images posted. His image is an exact copy of a real picture I have of him changed by using sepia setting. The background is w”
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@beakyboy
komonews.com, captured 2026-07-03
“Once again, a knee jerk reaction.”
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@Trina
komonews.com, captured 2026-07-03
“Why start now? Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad it is but why hasn’t it been done all this time? Used to be manufacturers could expect inspections without any event. Now it’s only when cameras are on or there is an incident. Local Fire Depts do better and they have a less money to do”
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@Neeka
komonews.com, captured 2026-07-03
“Paying attention after the fact is not going to give the grieving families of this disaster solace. Too late governor. Democrats fail our citizens time and time again.”
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@Looookiehere
komonews.com, captured 2026-07-03
“The folks whom died”
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@RealityHasLeftTheBuilding
komonews.com, captured 2026-07-03
“Somebody found a new Cash Cow!!! Expect paper mills to be fined out of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Washington (DPRW) by this time next year. And they didnt even have to pretend they care about any owls!!”
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@kidsquid
komonews.com, captured 2026-07-03
“Better late than never, I suppose. But L&I is just sniffing around for money to send to its master, Rugs Ferguson.”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-06-20
“Yep. My dad, right there. Dude, you're an *electrical engineer*, not an *electrician*. Big diff.”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-06-20
“Was your roommate my dad? ;-) 'Cause that's *exactly* what he's like.”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-06-20
“Oh yeah, the Tacoma Aroma is legendary. :o”
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u/RoleOk7556
Reddit, captured 2026-06-19
“It seems a bit odd tgar safety functions were not inspected. One mught wonder why, when, and who decided thay Washington State didn't need to check industrial safety in order to protect workers and others. One might wonder how that person(s) may have themselves benefitted from th”
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u/360tombflower
Reddit, captured 2026-06-16
“The department of ecology doesn’t inspect any above ground tanks, or fixed equipment anywhere, in any industry. If the process falls underneath the PSM umbrella (which white liquor doesn’t) then there are a set of standards the operator can choose from to follow. I’m most familia”
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u/Cowlitzking
Reddit, captured 2026-06-16
“It’s a pretty standard tank for pulp and paper. It is lined but it’s not pressurized. I think the investigation will find it became pressurized or vacuum was created. But there would be no reason for an agency to inspect this one. I’m sure moving forward. White liquor will be cla”
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u/StickyGary
Reddit, captured 2026-06-15
“That is disturbingly enlightening. Especially the lack of secondary containment. I imagine it's lacking more often than not in industrial chemical settings with such massive containers, i.e. just 'impractical' to have 110% secondary containment for million gallon tanks. Though un”
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u/r_RexPal
Reddit, captured 2026-06-13
“Only logical comment here gets buried. Thx reddit.”
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u/bulzeye
Reddit, captured 2026-06-12
“The feds set the baseline and states can have stricter regulations that companies have to abide by.”
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u/vengefulbeavergod
Reddit, captured 2026-06-12
“I'm relieved for you 🩷”
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u/ok75
Reddit, captured 2026-06-12
“There's a tank of white liquor at the GP Wauna mill just like the one at Nippon. Just downstream from Longview on the Oregon side.”
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u/Amazing_Factor2974
Reddit, captured 2026-06-12
“It does Federal Regulations are what Corporations go under..they can deny State inspections..not Federal.”
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u/yuliaburdak
Reddit, captured 2026-06-12
“I’m all good! I had a headache for a few days and my skin was burning. But 100% healthy now. My heart breaks for the victims families. Such an awful thing to have happened.”
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u/griphookk
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Recently I learned why you get that slippery feeling on your hands from bleach water: there is lye in household bleach, and the lye causes saponification of your skin oils.”
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u/Soup-Wizard
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Then say that!”
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u/Miserable-Biscotti54
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Shows they are guilty. Here in Clark County we have some corrupt/ignorant Environmental auditors that let big companies pass on shit. This type of thing is going on Nation wide I bet.”
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u/wyecoyote2
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Or the fact they just don't know until the investigation is completed to know what happened, and how to respond.”
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u/RedShore93042
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Some shady shit! All while taking away workers benefits over the years.”
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u/Somanypaswords4
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“There was a chlorine leak alarm on Monday next door. That siren was not mum.”
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u/MiscreantNeal
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Paper mills aren't gonna talk until lawyers say it's cool, that's just standard procedure after something goes that wrong. The real issue is whether regulators were actually checking on this stuff beforehand or if everyone was just assuming it was fine.”
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u/Amazing_Factor2974
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Oh yea. Not the deregulation team of Federal Repubes?”
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u/bulzeye
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Has nothing to do with state L&I.”
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u/conquer4
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Or 'sorry, Govnor said budget cuts *shrugs*'”
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u/OnlineParacosm
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“The operative question isn’t whether a Kraft pulp mill is inherently dangerous, it’s if the organization treated the *margin between hazard and catastrophe* as an acceptable sacrifice on the altar of efficiency. I’m wondering if the general public probably hasn’t heard from these”
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u/silicon1
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“*USCSB has entered the chat...*”
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u/Unlikely-Candle7086
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“They have to determine if it was company negligence, state oversight, operator error, an undetectable failure before anything. That’s going to take a long time. They lost their on site vice president of operations suddenly 2 months prior. They haven’t even held services for all t”
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u/Soup-Wizard
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“Are these other mills changing their behaviors or tightening safety checks in the wake of this tragedy? That is what the interviewer asked the mills; one didn’t comment and two didn’t even respond. That is the news part.”
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u/Unique-Egg-461
Reddit, captured 2026-06-11
“>This investigation will take a while. We will find out what happened and every paper mill will take notice. I think the bigger issue is that the admin [has been pulling funding from the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/only-federa”
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u/el_extrano
Reddit, captured 2026-06-08
“> There's also not a lot of molten material in the bottom at any given time, because it's dangerous so you minimize that shit. So we hope! I've seen clogged smelt spouts cause smelt to overflow the primary air ports, melting a hole in the wind box and then flowing out onto the bo”
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u/Several_Metal_547
Reddit, captured 2026-06-07
“Pretty amazing photo. 1. Is tank design now so "optimized", and plates so thin, that you need steel wires help absorb hoop stress? Or are we just seeing the outer skin holding rockwool heat insulation material, a few slabs may be visible, but there is not much heat insulation 2. ”
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u/Umaritimus
Reddit, captured 2026-06-07
“Fair fair fair.”
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u/jmdglss
Reddit, captured 2026-06-07
“No. They said specific parts of their own website were partly wrong, and I asked which parts. That is not an unreasonable question. Ecology has said it meets quarterly with the EPA to discuss significant noncompliance issues, so this is not a brand-new problem no one had reviewed”
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u/Umaritimus
Reddit, captured 2026-06-06
“I mean did you expect them to go through a spreadsheet and highlight the specifics of what was correct and incorrect? The headline is clickbaity as hell.”
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u/jmdglss
Reddit, captured 2026-06-06
“The point of the story is that the agencies responsible for the public record could not or would not explain what is true on their own websites. I first contacted staff who appeared to be closer to the records, but the responses came through spokespeople. They took days to respon”
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u/halla-back_girl
Reddit, captured 2026-06-06
“I agree that this is newsworthy, I just take issue with how it was reported by the headline, and the vagueness within the article itself. Another commenter gave more useful information on the subject in one sentence than exists in the article. Since it will take months to pull th”
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u/halla-back_girl
Reddit, captured 2026-06-06
“Thank you. That's so much clearer than the article! I appreciate it.”
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u/bethelbread
Reddit, captured 2026-06-06
“The state comments are accurate in that there are often issues with how EPA's ECHO database (automatically) imports compliance data and will show violations over minor administrative issues vs major exceedances. It's been like this for a while, EPA should fix it. Source: work in ”
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u/jmdglss
Reddit, captured 2026-06-06
“That’s the point of the story. The agencies responsible for the public record would not say which parts of it are accurate. EPA did not say how many ECHO entries are accurate, whether other Washington facilities are affected, how long the problem has existed or when the public da”
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u/halla-back_girl
Reddit, captured 2026-06-06
“Click bait title on a nothingbuger story. The article lacks any pertinent details for why the two reporting systems don't synch up. Is it a software issue? Personnel? A difference in reporting requirements? The title implies that someone is lying, but that's not 'what's true' as ”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-06-05
“An acquaintance of mine was talking about "aquamation" as a more environmentally friendly cremation method. I'd never heard of it, so looked it up. Unfortunately, there were photos of what remains after a water cremation, which uses some of these same chemicals in a sealed tank. ”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-06-05
“And to have a break room next to a giant tank of white liquor ... :o”
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u/joefreezy70
Reddit, captured 2026-06-05
“I moved here over a year ago from PDX and have been continually surprised at the strength of the Longview community. This is the second of 2 major incidents in this city that have brought out the best in the people that live here! This is a genuine community that takes care of it”
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u/humble_big4161
Reddit, captured 2026-06-04
“Foreign company singular focus is capital extraction with minimal investment”
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u/OkoCorral
Reddit, captured 2026-06-04
“Let's see what the investigations show. There is no research or data to say that Japanese companies in the US are not any safer than American or other owners. You will see many articles that say Japanese factories in the US are very safe with all kind safety procedures.”
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u/Constant_You9179
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“The problem is in the 90s when OSHAs PSM law was put in place it started preventing all the disasters which then caused engineers and project managers the window to stop caring because what’s the risk no one was getting hurt anymore. Then company standards got lax again and over ”
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u/Constant_You9179
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“So I am not disagreeing with any of the above… that being said we will for sure see a cause to this accident just like we did with Nippon Steel recently. We have the CSB to investigate whether their culture likes it or not.”
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u/sausyboat
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“No worries, have a great night!”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“If you can't piece that together after reading the rest of my comments in this thread, I can't help you.”
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u/BitBitter3570
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“This company needs to pay the families huge ungodly sums. The survivors need to be paid as well. An absolute horror of an industrial accident.”
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u/bepatientbekind
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“Glad to hear you work for a good company! I've yet to find a factory like that. Most don't seem to care about workers at all and will blatantly ignore safety concerns if they think it will save them money.”
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u/HatefulHagrid
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“Apologies dudette, I generally use dude as a gender neutral term and forget that most people don't 😂”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“I was a PSM at a facility like Longview. I realized pretty quickly that I was the blame-catcher for an accident involving the chemicals I managed.”
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u/yycluke
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“We have a gap in a lot of regulations. They don't call us the west for no reason 🤠”
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u/wubrotherno1
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“That doesn’t work either. Try $700 million. They might care at that point.”
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u/sausyboat
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“Dudette 😉”
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u/GWeb1920
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“Oh yeah I’m not saying you don’t inspect tanks just that Alberta has a gap in regulation that relies on companies to do the right thing.”
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u/yycluke
Reddit, captured 2026-06-03
“Fair enough. I know we have done speciality tank inspections in the past at this site, thanks for the correction”
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@ka.tie108
Instagram, captured 2026-06-03
“Large settlement. Sure. Qualify of life? What life? They are all dead! Please pray for the well being of the survivors and the town. This is a large community industry. Its the life force of these folks existence. Jobs. Money. Bills. Morgage. Its everything! Dont be mean. We are ”
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@ka.tie108
Instagram, captured 2026-06-03
“Dont be a dumb aaa”
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@ka.tie108
Instagram, captured 2026-06-03
“Pretty sure its a Canadian conpsn”
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@ka.tie108
Instagram, captured 2026-06-03
“And the law!”
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u/GWeb1920
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“These are not pressure vessels. Tanks are not under ABSA jurisdiction. There is no requirement to maintain tanks nor any requirements to maintain the PVRVs or PRVs under ABSA. There are some fairly lose generic requirements in the O+G act and D56 rules with the AER. There would b”
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u/GarageFridgeSoda
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“You've been brainwashed into thinking that somehow capitalism was when goods and services started being exchanged. It wasn't. Capitalism is when profiting off of not producing any goods or services became a thing.”
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u/Meepmoop102
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“There were federal deregulations passed, but Washington has its own set of regulations that are equal to or stricter than previous federal regulations.”
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u/Bumble_beeFormal
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Got it. That’s really helpful, thanks for the explanation :)”
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u/mrbittykat
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Not enough people are talking about the recent industrial deregulations that passed. We get to live in the Industrial Revolution age again. I’m sure this was something completely avoidable, but due to recent changes they probably were able to skimp on some item they’d had to repl”
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u/OkoCorral
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I think the fines go up exponentially if you keep doing the same violation over and over again. Factories will also get daily fines once repeated violations keep showing up and they are not even trying to fix the problem.”
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u/Bumble_beeFormal
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“For sure, though if they didn’t comply does it not just lead to paying the same fine?”
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u/bulzeye
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I didn't mean after the rupture.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I think this tank is too old to repair. From the gravity of what has happened here it needs to be replaced. Otherwise it looks like they’re callous cheapskates. But in other circumstances in mills I’ve worked in they’d patch it up and keep running.”
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u/Icy_Cry2778
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Then Japanese culture, Wa (和) is a foundational concept usually translated as harmony. It represents peaceful unity, balance, and cooperative coexistence within a social group, where maintaining communal harmony is prioritized over individual interests. It strongly influences Jap”
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u/feministmanlover
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Not in the context of his comment. I live in Wa. He's referencing some Japanese culture thing.”
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u/Icy_Cry2778
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“It’s Washington state where Longview is”
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u/edgeplot
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“The company has 13,000 global employees with $11B in sales. It's not going to be sold.”
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u/-BLACKOLIVESMATTER
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I wish the same. Unfortunately, if change were to ever come out of this, it will be a long time before we see any of that payback. After the investigations and lawsuits. I’m not just talking about safety protocols in the work place, but laws in safety measures, environmental prot”
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u/jgnp
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I’m not saying the mill should close. I’m saying the company operating it should sell to a more capable steward of safety for those 450 employees.”
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u/jgnp
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Oh don’t get me wrong I’m saying a change of ownership is in order after this level of failure.”
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u/-BLACKOLIVESMATTER
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“It’s a massive company, a large portion of the local economy relies on this company. It’s a massive business. Something like 10 billion. Most likely won’t go out of business.”
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u/edgeplot
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“They employ 450 people, plus a lot of other businesses rely on them, including truckers and mechanics and suppliers.”
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u/bulzeye
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Those kinds of tanks get rebuilt, repaired and certified as well.”
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u/OnlineParacosm
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“In Japanese corporate culture context it translates to English as “harmony” but that means harmony of like the whole workplace (usually all men) and the preservation of company image itself. So it’s more of an ego preservation situation for many parties, in my humble opinion. It ”
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u/Th3s3NuttxX
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Ireland has the best solution. Not only can the company be held liable, but the direct supervisor can be personally held responsible in a legal matter. It prevents supervisors from being negligent when they know they can personally be held responsible for their subordinates safet”
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u/pizzapizzapiewhy
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Nine people liquified for our right to have paper bags. Humans are a plague. Capitalism is the virus.”
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u/humble_big4161
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Japanese company. A motivated American company would spend more on CAPEX.”
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u/jgnp
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I would hope they are run out of business.”
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u/feministmanlover
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“What is "wa"?”
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u/newly_alive_guy
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“That's still right. I was hoping I'd come back later and find more mental gymnastics from the EPA dork, and have some fun. Sad day. Disinformation bots give up too quickly, move on to the next target, and never even bother to give a man a reacharound. Ugh.”
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u/Zealousideal-Ice-294
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Plant was about 5 weeks after restart from their planned recovery boiler outage. Paper machine was down, but effluent plant and power boilers (natural gas fired-they run other mills up to 4 miles away-left.over from when the paper mill, and the entire mill block down to the Colum”
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u/OnlineParacosm
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I would hope to see $200m each in the private NDAs we will never get to see. That is under 40% of one year revenue. These families have the power to put a lot of hurt on this company. Run your own investigations if you have to. It’s important we don’t view this in a bubble, Japan”
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u/762way
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“I'd prefer we neuter them on public television It is going to take something extreme to make real changes”
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u/yycluke
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Here there are full ABSA inspections required every 5 years for all pressure vessels precisely so this doesn't happen.”
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u/Rybo13
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“At the Nippon Dynawave facility, an approximately 600,000-gallon tank containing white liquor — a mixture of sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate used in the papermaking process — ruptured around 7:15 a.m. May 26 during a shift change.”
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u/HatefulHagrid
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Haha it's been back and forth a few times, dude below posted the most recent info in a link but who knows long term”
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u/OkoCorral
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“The fines are based on the severity of the violation. The particular one was for a contractor not using the proper fall protection. It's not a good violation but it has nothing to do with the chemical tank. They would have modified their safety procedure after this fine in 2021.”
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u/Electrical-Staff0305
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Unless they have a background in forensics specializing in materials engineering and architecture, no one really has anything valid to offer until an investigation has been completed.”
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u/Falcon_Flyin_High
Reddit, captured 2026-06-02
“Good to know”
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u/parliament-FF
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Do you work in a ‘dangerous’ field?”
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u/t105
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Catasrophic failure cheaper than intalling new tank? Or do we give them the benefit of the doubt in terms of due to the vast power structure of the Nippon congromlate owning and trying to manage over 30 subsideriaes globbaly? Im sure decisions getting defered up the chain is an e”
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u/MadConspiracy
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“That morning meeting timing is brutal, basically turned what could've been a localized incident into a worst case scenario for that crew.”
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u/t105
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Does it not go much deeper than that? I think it does. Supporting all the big retailers.”
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u/eman4k23
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“They will likely rebuild the tank and continue. A new tank isn’t that capital intensive.”
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u/Material_Policy6327
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Which factory?”
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u/Magnetic_Particle
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“I'm an API inspector and a boiler inspector. I cut my teeth in paper mills down South and totally agree with you guys. It sucked having to tote a 40' ladder around in lime mud and then climbing the ladder in caked rubber boots. Caustisizers and slakers freaking suck! Or walking-d”
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u/Magnetic_Particle
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Exactly! They investigate and report. OSHA, EPA, etc. will use the report and make their decisions after.”
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u/Alexskisswitch
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Outage was 3 weeks before would have been weird for it to just start up then they usually want to get pulp made asap.”
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u/C_Thor
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“I heard it was starting up from an outage. Could’ve been the break room or they were all there to help get it started up again”
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u/Ferrule
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“It's bad. Opening up a foul condensate or ncg line is pretty terrible too. Doesn't smell...till you pull off the required SCBA and realize you smell like ASS. Our foul condensate tank launched several hundred feet into our powerhouse stacks several years ago and killed a few cont”
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u/jamesargh
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Our whole lime kiln and caustisizer area is just caked with lime. Dust fucking everywhere. Foul gas/ foul condensate is my least favourite.”
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u/Ferrule
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“I can't imagine having a break room that near a white liquor tank, that's crazy. I don't even like working near one, or the lime kiln in general.”
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u/biogoly
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“It’s foolhardy to jump to conclusions or place blame at this early stage. We won’t know with any certainty the cause of this tragedy until the CSB has completed their investigation. Industrial sites, whether they are paper mills or steel mills, are dangerous places. Unfortunate e”
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u/Intercaust
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“That mill smell when it mixes with the massive commercial weed operation feels like getting hit in the face with a rubber mallet.”
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u/Intercaust
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“We lost a dear member of our church. Luckily, a relative of mine had the day off.”
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u/NotAcutallyaPanda
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“I never said shut down the mill. I said auction it off to the highest bidder. The shareholders get fucked. The mills simply gets a new owner. In any case, it’s a hypothetical thought experiment.”
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u/orbalix
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Safety hazard ignorer and violater caused major disaster by continuing to ignore worker safety. It isn't rocket science.”
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u/Magnetic_Particle
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“API 650 only covers uniform partial vacuum. You'd have to use ASME VIII Div. 1 if you wanted to go FV. I work on a lot of tanks that look like API 620 tanks but are built using ASME VIII Div. 1, but they aren't "U" Stamped. The engineers just take stronger parts to allow for more”
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u/ShootingGuns10
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“This is exactly what I’m referring to. Many companies won’t take the time to stop operation/use of the tank to actually do the inspections.”
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u/ShootingGuns10
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“This is true, I just wanted to bring this up because it hits close to home with some previous experiences I’ve had and see if others have seen similar trends.”
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u/CoIRoyMustang
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Yes, but, in my experience, reactive maintenance is far more common in the industrial world than proactive maintenance. No comment in how this relates to actual safety check frequency or procedure. That varies, I'm sure. I'm just pointing our anecdotal evidence from my own experi”
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u/RealExpression6467
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“I thought the CSB was defunded?”
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u/Ferrule
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“I hate working in the lime kiln more than anywhere. Dangerous, everything corrodes or gets caked with lime so fast maintenance is difficult. By far my least favorite area for a call.”
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u/Smyley12345
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Ultrasonic thickness testing is definitely a thing but depending on the chemical stored, the potential failure mechanisms, and the tank design it may not be able to predict failure. It's generally good for things like erosive loss through piping carrying abrasive material where t”
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u/ShootingGuns10
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“That depends on the safety professional and how proactive they are. It’s easy to say that when so many companies just let safety professionals warm their office chairs so they can say the company has a safety department. But yes, as I said this is speculation/inference and with l”
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u/justvibinjay
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Allegations of covering up misconduct”
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u/hamellr
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Even Klarna wouldn’t take that bet”
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u/t105
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“Arrest? Could do it like China where exectuives are put to death. China doesnt mess around eh.”
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u/Magnetic_Particle
Reddit, captured 2026-06-01
“What your seeing is totally normal for a paper mill, and totally wrong. I've worked in them inspecting tanks like these and often there is no signage, NFPA diamond, etc. However, these employees knew right where they were standing and it should have been safe. I've walked around ”
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u/ArtemisElizabeth1533
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“I feel so sad for these families. ❤️”
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u/PSYchildOG
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“So just fuck the other 989 breadwinners that rely on the mill to feed their families and keep our community afloat? Sounds thoughtful 🙂↔️ anything to stick it to the rich men including using your fellow working class Americans as collateral, I guess.”
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u/mofrappa
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“First off, god isn't real. Second, trump has gutted osha by removing their enforcement dept.”
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u/billybones23
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Would someone be willing to share the meal trains and GoFundMe links from Facebook? I don't have Facebook, and I imagine others don't have Facebook as well.”
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u/Ok-Fennel-4463
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“'lowly ass'?”
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u/Ok-Fennel-4463
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Thankfully we still even have a CSB Https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/congress-rescues-industry-watchdog-earmarked-for-closure-by-trump-administration/4022869.article”
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u/Many-Sherbert
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“You can bypass any safety shutdown to keep the process going. It happens all the time if you think otherwise you have no idea what’s going on.”
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u/Current-Box6
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“I'll be here when you feel ready to stop stonewalling and be willing to engage in a disagreement like adults. My point is we live in mature environment of process safety. A lot of people have spent a lot of money and a lot of time to ensure that disasters are not triggered by a s”
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u/StarYou-StarMe
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Good thing we know better now than during the 1700s and 1800s, right? We just need to apply the knowledge.”
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u/LiberalLaura2025
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Retired environmental scientist. Papermills are incredibly dangerous due in part to the temps and high pressure and cutting tools used.”
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u/MzOpinion8d
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“They really should just keep it real and say “2 dead, 9 dissolved”.”
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u/SilverIce3981
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“It's the highest the scale gets anr can be over 14 and every number on the scale is logarithmic increasing 10x. It's 10 Trillion times more damaging than water”
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u/SilverIce3981
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“You act as if American corporate elite go to prison. Cough pdf files cough”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“As I understand it, some workers were in the break room adjacent to the tank that spilled.”
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u/Expensive-Artist5183
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Serious question: 1. why the fuck would I work in the anti capitalist society you mention? 2. 2 . 1. Why would businesses exist? First I’d take my ass straight to Mexico or Canada if it meant some lowly ass factory worker would demand some crazy stuff for them to push a few butto”
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u/Calamity-Gin
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“As far as I’m concerned, the CEO and other relevant C-suite officers, vice presidents, managers, and leads should be held criminally liable for worker deaths, and if there is one single safety infraction on the company’s record pertaining to the incident that caused worker deaths”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“This dude's so brainwashed he just assumes it must be a company’s negligence and can’t be leftist terror.”
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u/Cat-Attack666
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“The thing is these families need money today. The families will Def get lawsuit money and life insurance payouts but won't help if you lose your house in the meantime.”
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u/T_Noctambulist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Both acids and caustics are damaging extremes from neutral. Polar opposites are both bad. Mixing them is crazy dangerous, what's left after mixing them is normal and safe.”
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u/T_Noctambulist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Saponification is a bitch.”
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u/T_Noctambulist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Also has sulfide so it will smell bad while you disintegrate.”
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u/T_Noctambulist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“We know, but how does it taste?”
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u/T_Noctambulist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Yeah, you really need acid to get rid of the bones thanks to the calcium.”
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u/ribrien
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“CSB’s YouTube channel is harrowing but hard to turn off”
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u/DenverHi
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“I agree, but we're sucker's for clever marketing and celebrity sponsors. We have to have latest and greatest \[product\].”
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u/AresValerous
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Trump and his administration has been actively trying to eliminate the CSB, OSHA and the EPA. It’s by design. They want companies to be able to do whatever, even if it kills people and communities. https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/trump-administration-wants-to-cut-osha-and”
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u/spookyyham
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“thank you. if it weren't for all of you supporting us and everyone else in the community - i don't think we'd all be making it through this. you have made this process a little lighter. 💛”
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u/Derriere_Ruckus
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“There was a YT video that said even if there was secondary containment, the failure was so catastrophic that the white liquor would have spilled past it anyway”
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u/Worried-Distance-270
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“What’s the school district issue? Sorry not from the area at all!”
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u/vengefulbeavergod
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“I've been thinking about you. I'm so sorry”
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u/spookyyham
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“I want to update that mine and my sisters dad has been found and identified. his name is norman barlow. we knew he'd be the last one and he was. we are in shambles but grateful he has been recovered and we can lay him to rest now. thank you for all of the condolences & the love &”
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u/hysys_whisperer
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Proper secondary containment holds 110% of the volume of the tank within, and the walls of the berm can be no closer to the tank than the height of the tank itself. This looked like a 40' tall tank if I'm not mistaken, so the secondary containment should have been at least a 110'”
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u/Zestyclose_Minimum63
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“My husband worked there temporarily back in the 70s and knew of the toxic materials. Scary and so sad for the families who have lost loved ones! This will take months if not more to clean up this mess.”
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u/unlimitedblakeworks
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“This dude's so brainwashed he's trying to blame a companies negligence on liberals. Also do you live in portland? I do, its not some leftist hellscape. I feel sorry for you, living in a state of constant denial, seeking anything to affirm your beliefs and condemning anything that”
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u/Puzzleheaded_Low6340
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“I’m from Longview and I can tell you what most of the media won’t. I believe those men all died in the break room between shift change. That tank is in close proximity of the employee break room building and when it exploded. My husband’s cousin was one of the injured sent to Van”
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u/t105
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“We are letting them via our consumerism. The more we vote with our wallets businesses will be forced to change.”
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u/Busy_Detective_348
Reddit, captured 2026-05-31
“Hopefully I can answer a little bit! I’m not an Instrument Tech but I do work with them. This scenario like other comments have stated seems to point towards lack of controls and a breakdown in systems when communicating levels. This video is a good explanation of how this can ha”
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u/Alexskisswitch
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“This tank is directly to the side of the main maintenance building (right behind it in the photos), not in the recaust area. Not sure why but there is a lot of people right next to it all the time”
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u/toxcrusadr
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
““SOAPLENT GREEN IS MADE OF PEEEEOPLE!””
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u/Playos
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“It's a long ways from Portland proper, even further from the southern and western metro (especiallly with traffic)... but it's effectively the same combination as Gresham/Sandy, Forest Grove/Hillsboro, Wilsonville/Tigard. Suburb of suburb.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Care to enlighten the class?”
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u/hereforthetacobell
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Fire personnel called it a failure a few days ago, I interpreted that to be meant broadly, that they don’t know the root cause yet, and could be structural failure, implosion that caused tank failure, etc. I think we’ll need to wait for some further investigation to really know f”
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u/Any-Anything4309
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“You have no clue what you are talking about lol.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“I'm not sure what mill you thought I was talking about if not the Nippon mill, but fair enough. Investigation absolutely needs to be, and will be, done.”
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u/TBradley
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Your comment did not specify just Nippon. Investigation needs to be done. Sometimes even well intentioned temporary fixes do not adequately factor in the impact on overall safety factor combined with considering the consequences of a system failure.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“The culture among the workers at Nippon is very safety focused. The culture among *managers* at Nippon is very safety focused. Constantly beating that drum. Nothing hurts the bottom line like accidents, and this one is a very extreme example of that.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“I currently work in a factory, so good try. The executives at larger companies, where they oversee multiple facilities they may never visit, most likely do exactly what you describe. God knows Weyerhaeuser did. Nippon's management works at the site. Nippon is a union shop, so the”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“The tank itself was essentially a spare, as I understand it, excess capacity. It isn't even in the Kraft mill, it's in the Powerhouse area.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“There's not much "mandatory" monitoring catching the stuff that gets self-reported. If there were, it wouldn't have taken a couple of weeks for anyone to figure out Westrock had spilled a crapload of turpentine last summer, enough to smell it in Portland. If the limits are "crazy”
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u/Oscar-T-Grouch
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Family fundraiser? Why? Isn't corporate on the hook for willful negligence and murder? Shouldn't the CEO be sending armoured cars full of cash to the surviving family members?”
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u/TBradley
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“You say this but there are plenty of industrial accidents every year from in house repairs or adjustments made due to lack of approved funds for the safe and correct fixes.”
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u/t105
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“What do you think is going to happen with the mill? Rebuild and proceed with normal operations or?”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Corrections. #3PM makes the milk carton. #5 made coated board and is long gone. #4PM was a peculiar corrugating medium machine, which had its own dedicated pulp mill.”
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u/bepatientbekind
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Spoken like someone who has never worked in a factory. The executives will absolutely ignore safety issues and keep equipment long after it should be replaced just to save a buck. Employees getting injured is a risk they're willing to take becuse to them employees are expendable/”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Hard to bypass a tank that holds that much cooking liquor.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Luckily the tank *isn't* critical to operation of the mill. The mill can run without it.”
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u/Any-Anything4309
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“"The company then self-reports the release," Self report is kinda bs. It gets flagged and would get reported anyways from mandatory monitoring. Before CEMS nobody self reported shit lmao.. Also, your laissez Faire attitude towards permit violations is crazy. For one, their limits”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“I'm so sorry. 🫂😢 This whole situation is so sad.”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“This is such a tragedy. I'm so very sorry. 🫂”
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u/chap820
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“They sound like a revolutionary to me”
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u/Encorhynchus
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“What do you think the consequences should be? It’s pretty hard to believe that anything but negligence is responsible for a million gallon tank of super heated sodium hydroxide solution killing 11 people.”
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u/soimalittlecrazy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“OSHA is federal. You see where I got detoured? Yes, I agree, the state of our two party system is a human rights travesty unfolding in real time. But, credit where credit is due. All the food recalls, environmental disasters, oil panic over crazy supported war, OSHA breakdowns? D”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“I haven’t been on the site for 40 years.”
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u/fuckswitbeavers
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“The state of washington. Washington state, the place that had the deadliest workplace disaster and the very thread + article we are commenting on. Cmon man, we all know DC and congress is a swamp -- democrats in state legislatures have been cowardly, there's no doubt about it.”
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u/arjohnson77
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Apologies, I think misread one of your comments. I worked there for almost 10 years as well”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Which union do you belong to? You don't sound like AWPPW. You sound like an armchair politician.”
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u/arjohnson77
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Are you confusing this mill with Smurfitt-Westrock (formerly Longview Fibre)? This is a completely different mill, location and company (down the river from Fibre).”
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u/GarageFridgeSoda
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Dems do not care about workers, their economic and job policies would be considered right wing in any of the countries we typically compare ourselves too. Again, we need an *anti-capitalist worker centered party*. Dems are run by and for the oligarchy which is why they routinely ”
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u/Many-Sherbert
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“It’s operator error. Willing to bet it’s what happened here as well.”
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u/martini31337
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“I would again love any additional recos in the same genre”
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u/martini31337
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Tip of the hat. I love books like this, I would be happy to entertain any additional recommendations if anyone should have any. Thanks”
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u/ThePlatypusOfDespair
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Yeah go look up what the 2020s looked like in the Star Trek universe. I don't think we're that far off; a lot of bad shit had to happen before the fully automated luxury communist space utopia was realized.”
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u/Fauglheim
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“i'll still take it, but lets up the EPA fine to $10,000 and medium bribe”
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u/Current-Box6
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“No systematic peer checks, safety interlocks for a high risk activity. The incident was a belligerent disregard of procedure, not operator error.”
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u/Many-Sherbert
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“The Bavarian train collision on February 9, 2016, occurred near Bad Aibling, Germany. Two Meridian passenger trains collided head-on on a single-track line, killing 12 people and injuring 85 others. The crash was caused by a distracted railway dispatcher who was playing a mobile ”
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u/Soosietyrell
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“They won’t actually try to. I work for a Japanese company - they will pay out whatever is needed. Seen it”
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u/Calico-calamity
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Columbia Theatre is doing a benefit concert.”
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u/what_the_fuckin_fuck
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“What? How bout $7m?”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Thanks. Sorry for the static. Take care.”
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u/radbiv_kylops
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“I was speaking sarcastically. Sorry about your asthma, man.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Naturally you get downvoted for saying something intelligent….. I’m not sure that regular inspections would tell anything about localized metal fatigue.”
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u/Wonderful-General626
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
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u/AimeLesDeuxFromages
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Read the article too.. union didn’t do shit afterwards. Per the article: Amid the unending wave of industrial deaths, the trade union apparatus does precisely nothing, aside from issuing the occasional report or empty statement. The bureaucracies function as part of the corporate”
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u/Traveller7142
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“The environmental damage isn’t really a concern. White liquor does not bioaccumulate and is not a chronic hazard. It will be diluted and become rapidly harmless. The biggest concern is the root cause and making sure it can’t happen again”
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u/ThePlatypusOfDespair
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Corporate fines for this level of malfeasance should start at double-digit percentages of annual profits.”
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@jtsunrisemusic
Instagram, captured 2026-05-30
“Corporations”
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u/arochains1231
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“My partner has family who used to work at the power plant. They’re all okay thankfully but we know people who are being severely impacted by this. I can’t believe we’re just… letting this happen.”
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u/SRMPDX
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“It was 900,000 gallons of white liquor”
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u/spaceman1055
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“If society is sick enough to produce one then 🤷🏻”
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u/Shot-Command2643
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“The tank was slated for maintenance last month but was deferred due to the cost. NessCampbell Crane was out there last week to quote crane work for the tank. The tank was over 30 years old. Sounds like Nippon put money over safety. Hopefully CSB will uncover this.”
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@minionmax2007
Instagram, captured 2026-05-30
“And all that water sprayed on it for days just ran off into the city drainage system”
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u/soimalittlecrazy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“How are Democrats running Washington when MAGA has control of all branches and both chamber majorities? Including judges all the way up from circuit and appeal courts to the fucking supreme Court. Trump and Doge killed every safety net workers and citizens in this country had. Wh”
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@cktrue69
Instagram, captured 2026-05-30
“@jsohnrey76”
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u/HazmatMTB
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“I'm so sorry for your loss. While I did not lose anyone specifically special to me, anyone that loses a loved one, especially to a industrial hazard that was preventable is heartbreaking. I agree, your dad and his team lost their lives as heroes doing their best to prevent the ca”
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u/IntroductionOk9280
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“makes sense”
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u/arjohnson77
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“No, the workers were in nearby break rooms shortly after shift started when the tank ruptured. That's why the casualties are so great, they were gathered in one location.”
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u/PHARTN0CKER
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“So no fines, no action, no teeth..... what do we even pay these inspectors for anyway?”
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u/Cowlitzking
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Damn sad if true. Who ever made that call and the engineer who stamped that tank must be nervous.”
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u/Wonderful-General626
Reddit, captured 2026-05-30
“Alkaline which is worse. Turns you to soap.”
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@cs._cummings
Instagram, captured 2026-05-30
“Why is everyone saying imploded when it clearly looks like an explosion?”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Longview grew by accretion, like a lot of other mills I’ve worked in. I remember PM’s 1-4, and watched them disappear, along with the old sulfite mill. #5 has been there for 60 years. It can’t last forever either.”
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u/Spirited_Cup_126
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The eagle gonna fly, we all gonna find out for sure.”
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u/IndependentMammoth20
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Rapid condensation, or equipment failure like a vent not letting air in while pumping, or pump moving too the chemicals too quickly”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“While the family controlled it they poured money into their sawmills and paper mills. I saw the end of it and left before the REIT. They were trapped in the fear of M&A’s.”
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u/bbfan006
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Why is this being called an implosion vs explosion. The photos of the disaster looks like the tank fell over.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Weyco decided to become a real estate investment trust. That's why they've sold nearly everything that isn't timberland. Nippon actually wants to operate a paper mill that isn't falling down around them.”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I have asthma because I was born before the EPA. My children do not have asthma because they live in a cleaner environment. Corporations happily put lead and sulphur dioxide in the air until we, the people, forced them to stop. I recognize that this is only an anecdote but I have”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Confirmed source: “trust me bro””
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I can't see your other two comments, but I spent a lot of time in the Everett Kraft recaust area when that mill was only 20 years old. It was a horror. Lime, green liquor, and white liquor are hard on steel. Glad they've put in a pulp dryer. It sounds like they'll keep it going i”
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u/bussjack
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Source: fucking Google it. Are you missing your fingers too or just your brain?”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Source: “trust me bro””
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u/packlitelite
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Exactly right, more often than not there’s a pressure issue with these sort of failures. Tanks, even big ones, are pretty settled science.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“It might be improving but 40 years ago Weyco replaced the batch digesters and the old bleach plant. That's a billion dollar job. From what my old Longview Kraft co-worker told me, Weyco stopped spending money on anything after George retired.”
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u/Atnat14
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You're correct. They DID NOT go to that extent. They did pour a bucket of oil down the sewer cause they "thought it was water." But there was definitely precautions that were tossed aside to reap the benefits while they can.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I'm pretty sure the break room and workshop area predated the tank. As for the mill, my worthless opinion is that things are improving since it was bought out of Weyco. It's a different culture, and substantially different personnel.”
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u/Iffren
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The last election they voted 57.1% for the deregulation party. They are having their day.”
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u/pugochevs_cobra
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“There is proof, documented violations which were not remediated.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The Kraft mill is only about 30 years old, having been rebuilt in the 90s. The boilers are all quite a bit older than that. The tank that failed was about fifty years old from what I've heard.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Nippon is actually putting money into the facility. They funded the new pulp dryer facility, and I suspect they're funding the reconstruction of the chip facility that was badly damaged in a fire a couple of years ago. There's a huge amount of infrastructural debt on that site fr”
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u/packlitelite
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“When people who have drank the wrong kool-aid rant about people getting large corporate settlements, this is what they’re ranting against. The settlements aren’t so large because it’s charity, they’re so large so they’ll actually modify corporate behavior.”
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u/realMarkRobinson
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That's not exactly true. The kraft process produces a lower yield, so it's less cost effective for companies to use it. But it produces the strongest fibers.”
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u/radbiv_kylops
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“What all you socialists don't understand is that free enterprise without government interference is what makes our nation great.”
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u/DarthFuzzzy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“If suggesting working class folks deserve better requires a soapbox these days than I hope we get a few more to go around. I don't disagree with most of what you are saying. Its a tragedy on many levels.”
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u/Kindly-Departure-358
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“yeah 11 deaths is definitely not a small accidetn”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That has nothing to do with this tragedy. Get off your soapbox. AWPPW pulp mill workers are some of the highest paid industrial workers in the world. Because of this they'll probably end up losing their jobs. Blame Nippon for not maintaining the mill, but consider that Longview K”
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u/DarthFuzzzy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Very true. We've been manipulated into voting to benefit the wealthy for a long time now and its getting so much worse.”
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u/Acceptable-Ad7123
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Yup, i seen the proof. Your comment is just lazy”
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u/DarthFuzzzy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Youre not wrong. Its sad that we protect the wealthy and screw the working class at every opportunity.”
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u/Acceptable-Ad7123
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Fair enough, im wrong. I figured it was a pick-me type rumor since theres never been anything but word to mouth.”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Yeah, these stupid people just assume it can’t be leftwing terror. What the fuck.”
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u/kss420
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“"Won't someone think of the poor defenseless corporation!"”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Yeah people are stupid to rush to judgement that it isn’t leftwing terror.”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You are too stupid to understand what a car is.”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You assume it is corporate negligence without proof. What a weird fucking thing to say.”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You imply that it is corporate negligence without any physical proof. Looks like you need to go fuck yourself six ways from Sunday.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Gad what a dumbass. The Longview song fits you.”
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u/ClaraClassy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Ok, cog. Do nothing but work for your betters and be grateful, I guess. 🤷🏼”
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u/New_Pumpkin4513
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“https://x.com/billiejoe/status/35415649631223808?lang=en”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“At what point did I deny the need for an investigation? Did you interpret what I said as a need for extrajudicial judgement? I think you find the depth of my anger frightening and just want me to calm down. As a leftist you implicitly trust our fascist authorities? Corporations c”
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u/Saturn_Decends_223
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Problem is OSHA fully acknowledges that massive fines can kill companies, and they aren't trying to put 1000 people out of a job. Massive fines for the sake of punishing the company leaves said company with less money to make actual improvements. Lots of these fines get negotiate”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Stop trolling. This took one click. https://www.facebook.com/groups/642148675925832/posts/2555490524591628/”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I took that back when I realized who you were. Your site knowledge helped me understand how the white liquor instantly killed 11 people. I couldn’t visualize how so many people could be so close to the tank. The system is run by one operator in a remote control room, with possibl”
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u/Acceptable-Ad7123
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Please provide any proof. Its a local myth”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“No it’s not. They’re from Oakland CA and knew people in Longview WA.”
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u/NervousBeat16
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Amazes me when companies like this are concerned about cost, but neglect to address the cost of insurance payouts, and the staffing issues.”
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u/Saturn_Decends_223
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Ammonia dissolved in water. Nothing to do with this accident.”
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u/Acceptable-Ad7123
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Green day has nothing to do w longview WA. Their song is about Longview TX.”
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u/Helldiverticulitis
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I think the pattern might just be crumbling American infrastructure.”
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u/rondthep
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Absolutely agree with you.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Green Day understood Longview.”
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u/Prestigious_Tour_538
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That is near Portland. At this point we don’t know if it is leftist terrorism.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I haven’t worked at that mill for 40 years, but used to spend a lot of time there. I watched the demolition of the #1 and #2 machines. Weyco kept sinking capital there for 50 years. I seriously doubt that Nippon has for the last 10 years. You have to keep pouring billions into ol”
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u/DarthFuzzzy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I didn't say it was but I understand that was implied. Im simply saying we need more regulations for these massive companies, not less. If the tank was old it could have been replaced had there been any consequential rules in place which required such things. Its a tragic event a”
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u/Cowlitzking
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Quest, Your last post asking if Anna and Elsa will have children Was quite the break down I will bow down to your support your quest for knowledge. You were right to call me a troll. I am sorry”
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u/Umaritimus
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Analysis of tank valves and construction of tanks is still important. Broad concepts mean nothing without granular detail. I’m a leftist, but it’s people who can’t speak without any specificity like yourself that drive people away from anti-capitalist messaging.”
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u/Educational-Care2159
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“*"I'd like to think that with some solid infrastructure investment Longview could be a beautiful "suburb" of the greater Portland area."* **Already is. The amount of people I encounter in Portland/Vancouver who were priced out and bought in Kelso/Longview is shocking.** [**https:”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I’m a scientist who worked in pulp and paper mills for 40 years. You’re a troll.”
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u/Ozone23
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Yep, you either work at a mill or sell meth. Those are your big avenues lol.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Longview is another outpost on the meth corridor.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That fixes nothing. Probably the mill’s PSM will take the punishment.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Not enough profit in this grade to replace this critical tank. It’s months of shutdown and millions of dollars to replace. I’ve been through critical breakdowns that took my mill down for a month. This is much bigger than that.”
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u/BobcatNice3041
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“yeah this has to be one of the scariest industrial disasters i've ever seen”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Thanks Stalin. 😂 Now you build a pulp mill for us.”
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u/OwlOdyssey
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Horrible plant design if that's the case. Terrible to hear. Wishing the best to the families.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“There is not enough profit in milk cartons to fix this. That tank is old. Its failure has nothing to do with politics.”
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u/Ozone23
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That’s a good idea in theory until you realize Longview and Portland are about 45 min-1 hour away from each other. Longview is a mill town first and foremost there’s not much else going for it and the town never did much to deviate or promote businesses moving there. It’s a dying”
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u/spacedoutmachinist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“”
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u/iceboxjeans
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“All Cowlitz County Dutch Bros are donating $1 per drink to the families I've also heard Red Leaf is donating 100% from all drinks sold on Sunday”
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u/RiddleoftheSphynx
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Thats not even much for a big company anymore. You might need to move the decimal point a bit further.”
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u/MoonElf19
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I'd like to think that with some solid infrastructure investment Longview could be a beautiful "suburb" of the greater Portland area. But as it stands yeah I agree. The mills are the cornerstone of the city. And they're so noxious that it deters remote workers.”
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u/No-Meeting9998
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“they always find something”
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u/Acceptable-Ad7123
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“A lumber baron came to town and manipulated a bunch of other folk to follow thru. Then he built a cult town that more or less worships him. So yeah, a billionaire built this town.”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Right on!”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You are surrounded by corporate malfeasance and capitalist collapse. Analysis of valve design and construction of the tank seem to me a distraction from the broad concepts that created the situation.”
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u/Saturn_Decends_223
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“End of the facility, it will not run again.”
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u/MejorChingoAMiMadre
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“It’s actually much worse. The co-owner of the local liquor store Boondox was also arrested for supplying minors with drugs and alcohol in exchange for sexual favors. My family lived in Kelso and nobody really thinks it’s a coincidence. Especially with the outrage over the fact th”
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u/MejorChingoAMiMadre
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The families of the missing people called out officials that [they haven’t even notified families that their loved ones are even missing.](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBMm46qf/)”
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u/watduhdamhell
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I'm confused by your comment. Ownership does mean decision rights, depending on the context. That's the entire point of my comment. As the owner of a system, you have the decision authority over that system. You are liable for its failure, as well as responsible for its success. ”
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u/winowmak3r
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You and me both. It's a pretty shitty way to go.”
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u/htmlcoderexe
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“water is also constantly splitting and recombining between H3O^+ and OH^- which gives it all kinds of fun properties”
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u/Current-Box6
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Name one.”
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u/Ten_ox
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Suck that capitalist dick a little hard bruh you'll be the ruling class in no time.”
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u/Ten_ox
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Drag them over here”
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u/passcork
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“>while a pH of 7 is perfectly balanced thanos.jpg”
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u/passcork
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The walls of all animal cells are, very basically, made of a type of fat molecules. The reactive hydroxides can react with fat molecules and create soap which then dissolves into the water. So without a wall the cells spill most of their contents which is already mostly soluble i”
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u/mmartinez42793
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Good to see someone coming in on a high horse. Ownership does not always equal decision rights. Believe me when I was an actual production manager instead of just engineer, and had actual authority, things were a lot different”
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u/DaedricWorldEater
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I was a commercial HVAC tech for hospitals and most of them have ancient equipment that is held together by duct tape and dreams. I’ve found bats living in air handlers. Mold. Unchanged filters. I mean I was shocked by how bad most of these places really are behind the scenes. An”
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u/Trans_Cat_Girl_
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Something happened in my city? No way”
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u/MrBwnrrific
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Socialism is wanting heads to roll when corporations kill people through gross negligence? Sounds like a pretty good endorsement of socialism you’re doing, lil bro”
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u/pinewind108
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“News was saying they are glass lined, and that they suspect there was a vacuum implosion first, implying that there'd been some kind of problem with the venting system.”
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u/K2LP
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“It's worse than most European countries, with the exceptions of France,, Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey.”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I can respect that. I sympathize with your outrage, I simply believe it is largely misdirected. This accident was in all likelihood caused by one of two things: an entirely unrecognized problem, or an underestimated problem. I will be very surprised if it proves to have been a we”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“It depends on what you mean by serious. They're allowed to self-report because the permit limits are well below the level of public health hazard. The way you talk about it, you seem to think that they're violating their permit willfully or negligently. Lastly, exceeding the perm”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I don't think I will ever understand you. You seem to know everything and vacillate between agreeing with me and framing my outrage as childish or simplistic. I have had my fill of you.”
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u/jamesargh
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“No, I work at a different paper mill.”
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u/Umaritimus
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I understand your anger and I agree with much of it, but you do seem to be speaking in generalities. The other commenter’s point seems to be “let’s dig into the granular stuff to accurately critique this system”, while you’re stuck on very surface level concepts.”
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u/KnowItOrBlowIt
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Sounds like you've worked in aviation.”
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u/Exotic-Pie-9370
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You act like the fact that they comply with their legal requirement to self report permit violations is an indication that the violation isn’t serious- that’s just not the case. While you’re right that permits set a permissible release amount, that amount is very important, as is”
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u/LedgerLawFirm
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That is exactly how it goes. Insurance carriers get paid to delay, and they are very good at it. The environmental and wrongful death claims will run on separate tracks with different damages theories and different liable parties, so even settling one piece does not resolve the o”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I must be speaking French. I'll try harder. Investigating the incident and finding the cause is the only path to accountability. What the fuck are you on about, 'cycle of violence'? Quick history lesson: there were natives. They mostly died of mostly disease, but that's a whole o”
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u/No-Significance1521
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“They probably have no skin on the due to the fact it was liquor which causes serious burn if you come in contact with it. My prayers go out to the family. Either the inspector missed this or the company did because a report is turned in to company once thd tank is inspected and i”
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u/No-Significance1521
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I guarantee you they knew the structure of the tank and it was to cost them down time to fix it so they rolled the dice and it got people killed and Injured. They have to inspect those tank metal thickness every outage so there is no way some one in upper management didn't know a”
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u/jimmyjlf
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Any big company is going to have someone on the payroll, either directly or indirectly, who has it figured out how much a death is going to cost them and a line drawn at the amount of corners they must cut to remain profitable despite the death. If it didn't work, companies such ”
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u/UnfairSell
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Why am I not shocked?”
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u/skyerippa
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“22$?!?!?! My friend is a mechanic and makes 50$ wtf”
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u/Illustrious-Dot-5052
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Exactly. It takes time and resources to fix things. But you know what takes more time and more resources to fix? A catastrophe. So what's really worse? I can't sympathize with any company, private or public, 24/7 or not, when they use profit as an excuse to cut corners with safet”
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u/Emperorofgamers1
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Would this be a substance used if hemp was the raw material for paper?”
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u/FoxxyRin
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Honestly that tracks. We're in the south so heat and humidity starts rolling in around now. Seriously though why do they save the worst work for the most miserable time of year to do the work? If they did it in the fall it would be cool-ish at least.”
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u/Many-Sherbert
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Operator error causes plenty of disasters.”
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u/afmag
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Jesus that's awful”
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u/shitbarf_3991
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Corporations should definitely be able to get the death penalty!”
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u/SeaAside9534
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I work shut downs at various pulp mills in the area. I'll be at a pulp mill in Idaho on Monday infact. As a hand; as someone who deals with hot work, confined space, and LOTO. I can tell you Nippon is one of the safest pulp mills. Maybe that means other mills need to step up thei”
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u/JustSomeGuyInOregon
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Shutdown season up here is usually in late summer, when the heat and humidity roll in.”
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u/JustSomeGuyInOregon
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Remains are literally being scooped up with shovels and placed into bags. The concern is they get them out before the bones / teeth dissolve too much for use in identification. When I heard about the water main break...”
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u/thejesterofdarkness
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Time to make soap!”
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u/NotUrbanMilkmaid
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The insurance company lawyers will fight and fight so they dont have to admit liability. And the survivors will sue and they will fight them back and the environmental groups will sue for the massive kill off of fish and the clean up. Insurance lawyers will fight it all because t”
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u/OnlineParacosm
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Right that’s why I’m outraged, I have never had tickets before or since then! I cut my losses and did business in a city that has a better grasp on gravity and budgeting apparently, no problems since or before but I appreciate the misguided rage here.”
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u/ScoobNShiz
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“This is happening in all kinds of industries every day. I was a maintenance manager in a manufacturing facility and we could never get the lines for long enough to do complete maintenance. It was always about metrics and production numbers, we were a nuisance. Then, when the line”
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u/airfryerfuntime
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I don't think they're getting off that lightly. They're will likely be a criminal negligence investigation. One fatality and a couple injuries, they could probably get away with settling out of court, but 8 fatalities? In Washington?”
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u/BullpupPewPew
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Three tickets in three weeks. Take some responsibility. You sound ridiculous. You just don’t take the hint do you? You what… got a ticket and just kept rationalizing them? “The kids are inside I should be able to speed.” “My brakes are bad so I should be allowed to speed.” Just f”
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u/lazybrouf
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/APTOPIX_Washington_State_Chemical_Plant_Failure__4_9-1-1.jpg?w=1569”
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u/Dark_Mode_FTW
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“We need investigators. Seems like criminal negligence.”
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u/Soosietyrell
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Nippon, the owner of the mill, will settle out of court as quickly as possible”
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u/rondthep
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Word is the when the tank gave out the chemical flooded the Electrical/Instrumentation shop. Technicians were inside the shop & were taken out. As a fellow I/E tech myself it is devastating to think the shop was that close to a hazard that large. Praying for all those lost. I pra”
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u/This-Research-9586
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“It won’t. What’s to dispute?”
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u/watduhdamhell
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Well, this is where systems OWNERSHIP comes in. Which always means willing to be fired, you can't be a coward. I'm in megascale chemicals/O&G. I have told two plant managers to shove it in two separate occasions as it relates to the plant starting up on a shutdown when it wasn't ”
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u/Frostybawls42069
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Sure can. Acids have H+, the hydrogen ion, that is responsible for the acidic action we see and expect. Bases have the hydroxide ion OH-, which is also highly reactive and can yield the same corrosive results. Thats also why water is neutral, HOH.”
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u/LETT3RBOMB
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Damn, so brainwashed you think preventative maintenance and safety is "woke" lol. WTF does that even mean”
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u/DrunkenGolfer
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Depending on the jurisdiction, they cover negligence but may not cover gross negligence.”
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u/mjp43
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I’m skeptical and saw that too. I’m thinking the emergency relief manway popped open when the tank imploded. They are spring loaded and don’t take much to open up”
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u/bbcwtfw
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That channel is possibly even better than the NTSB channel.”
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u/bbcwtfw
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Sounds like a helluva story.”
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u/NotUrbanMilkmaid
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Tragic. So sad. I think that litigation will go on for decades.”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Who told you it failed because of politics? What a clown. Ever worked in a paper mill? Bye bye politician.”
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u/scoobz
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“As a society that fully agrees with this logic, (people before profits)and as easily fooled as half our voting population are, we can assume that no one owning a company has had to go to prison for that here in the good ol usa”
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u/Cowlitzking
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“You are ignoring science. Your hypothesis that the steel failed rules out tank liner rips or failures, vacuum from a vent malfunction or improper use, etc etc. They said the tank imploded which makes me means a vacuum was created. I’m waiting for the experts to come that conclusi”
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u/Eshin242
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“When I was a kid, I wanted to believe our future would be like Star Trek, as I've gotten older I sadly believe it's going to be more like Blade Runner”
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u/spacedoutmachinist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I think we have to go with a TOP down approach at this point and remove the problem.”
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u/Beemerba
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Every time I hear "data center" I get this visual from Rise of the Machines...empty bare fields with a few building remnants and some big concrete fortresses for the data centers.”
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u/Level_Best101
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Sadly, with every administration of the past 40 years there is no real punishment for rich assholes. Do a deep dive on Wall Street corruption, etc. it’s disgusting.”
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u/Zestyclose-Ring7303
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.”
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u/Atnat14
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“My old company, 20 minutes from this tragedy, worked hard as fuck to oblige environmental and safety standards. New biodegradable paints, strict safety walk throughs. They were more than delighted when Trump rolled it all back. Back to unventilated paint booths and pouring the pa”
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u/wynnduffyisking
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“What the fuck 😂”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Nippon will probably shut it for good. Milk cartons aren’t a big profit item. 1000 jobs lost, mostly union.”
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u/IntroductionOk9280
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“My condolences to families of the victims and all the employees of the Longview pulp mill. Investigations are underway as to the cause. I am wondering if workers were working on the white liquor vessel at the time of the explosion. And if so, did their work activities contribute ”
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u/billybones23
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“No we shouldn't light the torches, but would you have people wait 4 years before they can be rightfully upset? Nine people died. 4 years before the families get closure, 4 years of uncertainty for a worker's safety. Realistic fines can hold people's feet to a fire, but so can con”
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u/Odd-Top-5633
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“jamesargh are you talking about the Nippon Dynawave mill?”
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u/don_shoeless
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Exactly this. So many people are ranting about some faceless "they" who are supposedly making decisions to get workers killed. The people who maintain the equipment at the mill have every incentive to call out safety issues that will directly endanger them. The same goes for loca”
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u/DarthFuzzzy
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Even that is probably less than the cost of just doing things correctly. The fines need to cost substantially more than the profit they make by ignoring regulations. Sadly with the current administration we will have even less regulations and no federal funding for the state to e”
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u/Yippeethemagician
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“It's a union plant. Most of the contractors that work there are union”
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u/Charming_Link
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Don't be ridiculous, what would be the point in being rich if you have to ever face consequences? /s”
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u/Malodoror
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Luby’s😢”
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u/Acceptable-Ad7123
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Thats a good chunk of the local economy gone then. Its a fucked necessary evil at this point.”
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u/Pardot42
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Best I can do is briefly imprison one inspector that retired 4 years ago.”
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u/spacedoutmachinist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“So you imply this without any physical proof. Get fucked 6 ways from Sunday.”
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u/tastyweeds
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Can folks who live in other parts of the state donate anywhere to support families and folks in the hospital? I can't do much else from Seattle, but I'd like to help with financial stress, at least”
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u/whowhodillybar
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“100% agree. I also want to share that CCPS/AIChE (Center for chemcial process safety, arm of American Institute of Chemcial Engineers) is also great. Chemical engineer here, active CCPS member. I’ve held roles starting from low end engineering, to plant management roles. As well ”
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u/TroublesomeFox
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“They're concerned about water, something they need for survival, how is that in any way a terrible attitude?”
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u/24_August_1814
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“What a weird fucking thing to say. Might as well be, "At this point we don't have any proof this wasn't caused by Santa Claus crashing his sled into the tank."”
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u/Cowlitzking
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I am sorry the investigation into the root cause will not take 4 years. That will be done ASAP. What I meant by 4 years was the CSB’s findings released to public and produces video that will be shared on their website.”
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u/Atnat14
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“But longview is generally Republicans... So I assure you, it's lack of education.”
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@happyyfella
TikTok, captured 2026-05-29
“It’s almost of if we need government regulation. Yall need to sue Trump”
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u/Nice_Assignment7158
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I think it's only been sold once. Former Weyerhauser mill. May be confusing them with Westrock down the road which has been sold several times”
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u/spacedoutmachinist
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“So can we arrest the entire C-suite for manslaughter since corporations are people?”
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u/jamesargh
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Yeah I have seen people do this too, easier to just smell it.”
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@gh05t_m0d3
Instagram, captured 2026-05-29
“Ive said it several.times already, nearby residents or other factories should have been evacuated or shelter in place, white liquor is highly toxic to inhale”
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u/CabagePastry
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I actually thought the USCSB had been defunded by Agent Orange. But he was apparently overruled by congress on this one, so maybe we will get videos about it.”
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u/SomeSamples
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Would love to see this in my lifetime.”
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u/burningmilkmaid
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I feel for the recovery crews as much as those who died... I can't.. or don't want to imagine the horror”
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u/eowyn_
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I am so sorry.”
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u/GypJoint
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Or just shut it down till it’s fixed.”
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@thebubbahoss
TikTok, captured 2026-05-29
“Holy cow, that’s like 10 of my pools. Why is there that much caustic liquid in one area?”
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u/Cultural-Device-8712
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Which is Washington”
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u/ElefanteAmor
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“That’s why I was so confused as to why they said it wouldn’t cause contamination. I can’t understand how it couldn’t.”
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u/YomiKuzuki
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“People don't like talking about it, but OSHA is understaffed, overworked, and also as buyable as everyone else.”
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u/RiddleoftheSphynx
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“This is the sad part. That whole area is struggling, and another source of jobs just gone. So help me if an AI data center shows up to "save the day" with "jobs"... Its going to be awfully sus.”
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u/Head-Language-2977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“If you bing search Longview explosion victims, some of the smaller online news organizations have already started identifying the missing victims. Lots of them also had links to individual Go Fund Me accounts.”
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u/Masrim
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“What about the people that removed the safety laws?”
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u/XB0XRecordThat
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Prison time for executives will fix these types of issues real fast”
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u/XB0XRecordThat
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Or just prison time for executives. I promise the next CEO will figure this out real quick with actual consequences for negligence”
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u/Warblade21
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“There's no way you can pour industrial paint in sewers. That's insane.”
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@badda_bingroy
Instagram, captured 2026-05-29
“God bless the victims and the families”
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u/Tiny-Light193
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“I just read it's been confirmed that contamination entered the Columbia River. :-( I'm also wondering about all the white liquor that spilled out of the imploded tank. Where does it go?”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The punishment of Longview will continue uninterrupted.”
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u/mtngoatjoe
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The problem is that only one party actually cares about workers. The other party is obsessed with penises and fluffing billionaires. People really should seek a balance, but SCOTUS makes that harder and harder with every ruling.”
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@veggiemoto
Instagram, captured 2026-05-29
“I know how to fix this. $20 billion to Israel”
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u/shadowhunterxyz
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“Watch as people are doomed to repeat the painful parts instead of learning about it and bettering their life?”
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u/Traveller7142
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“The CSB investigation is ongoing. We do not know the cause”
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u/Quiet-Day392
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“They’ll see thinning and fracture around the failure lines. It’s not rocket science what happens to old steel.”
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u/IShookMeAllNightLong
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“But that sounds like a slippery slope to full blown socialism! How will the rich take advantage of us then? Please think of their great great great great great great... grandkids futures! How else will they survive without inheriting millions? Assuming the obscene inheritance has”
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u/fuckswitbeavers
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“If that isn’t an F you I don’t know what is. Democrats run Washington, it’s well past time to make an example out of the epstein class on the grounds of state-law since congress is so inept.”
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@dazewonshot
TikTok, captured 2026-05-29
“Don’t tell Mr. Lahey”
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u/eman4k23
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“It was shift change. Horrific circumstances. I’ve worked in that mill. They have been under a funding freeze for years. Nothing gets fixed unless it fails. It’s another example of private equity buying up mills, deferring maintenance, and running them to catastrophic failure. Jay”
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u/Finally_Adult
Reddit, captured 2026-05-29
“This is big dummy behavior”
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u/Available_Diver7878
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“They're in Japan”
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u/TroublesomeFox
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“I can't find a nice way to say this but it's possible that some bodies just won't exist anymore. Horrific. I genuinely just hope the implosion killed them instantly and they never knew what happened.”
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u/lazybrouf
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“You can see a vacuum breaker on the tank just east of the platform. There's also a pretty big manway door just over the platform, surrounded by temporary scaffolding.”
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u/Repulsive_Many3874
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Not to mention they’re notoriously ecologically awful. I grew up next to the one in Cosmopolis, WA. It can make fine pulp, but it’s shut down and the current owner is being pursued by the State for the extremely awful chemicals that are leaking out of the defunct mill. It’s proba”
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u/Available_Diver7878
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“These don't cover negligence.”
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u/Available_Diver7878
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“He's right. It's a completely different legal system and allocation of liability.”
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u/breakneckjones
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“The problem we have is that we have more PM sheets than we have time and techs. Then you have projects that some idiot that somehow got a job as an engineer gave you because he can't figure it out. I say that as a maintenance tech with an industrial engineering degree. Trades mak”
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u/vasthumiliation
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Let’s not pretend the customer is innocent. We cry bloody murder when the train is down an hour, complaining about where are tax dollars are going. We flock to the fast and cheap over the slow and good because we’re stretched too thin to afford quality. It’s just shit all the way”
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u/breakneckjones
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Yeah. We unfortunately practice the "run it until it dies" meathod.”
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u/RedditPoster05
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Wow an auto play video that doesn’t suck”
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u/joeydimaggio
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Who told you that?”
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u/Substantial-Low
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Sodium hydroxide absolutely can make bodies disappear.”
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u/Zwischenzug32
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Mill casts soapify, its super effective”
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u/woolfonmynoggin
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Washington minimum wage is $17.13/hr and we have high wages in this region luckily”
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u/Dadskander
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“There's several downtime cleaning events that take place during the year, but typically shutting down the mill for maintenance/cleaning is rare. These machines are all about uptime, and shutting things down gets expensive fast.”
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u/toderdj1337
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“"Either you schedule downtime, or the machine does. Your choice."”
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u/OnlineParacosm
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Thanks for the tip, do you think the $700 in fines helped on getting those fixed any faster or are you professionally missing the point that it’s not my job to subsidize a failed tax strategy with unproven safety tech?”
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u/Frosti11icus
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“I grew up in a paper mill town, it didn't smell everyday, IDK if this is what happened or not but it smelled like pure sulfur on the day they "cleaned the stacks" though. No idea if that's what they were actually doing.”
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u/Big_Joosh
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“If you’ve worked with paper mills you know that they try to cut corners at every stage. They prefer bandaids instead of proper fixes. It’s endemic to the entire industry. Not just this one mill.”
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u/WeeklyEmu4838
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon, Allah yarhamuu 🤲🏻”
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u/annikahoof
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Reading about what that chemical actually does to the body made this story hit way harder. Just an unbelievably horrific way for people to die”
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u/dahwhat
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Same exact thing happens on my job. (Not paper mill but dangerous still)”
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u/Casulex
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Just moved to the area and learning that the area basically depends on warehousing for jobs and I wouldn't be surprised if local businesses and plant owners had a lot of power over actual voters here”
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u/According_Public2231
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“It dissolves and liquifies tissue.”
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u/jst4wrk7617
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Would they have at least died quickly?”
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u/vertigoacid
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“> if your brakes are bad. If your brakes are bad enough that they prevent you from holding <20mph downhill, you have no business driving that on public roads. Get it fixed before you kill someone”
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u/theindiekitten
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Implode just means the pressure inside got too low compared to outside, as opposed to an EXplosion, which is pressure building too high inside compared to outside. In both, the structural integrity of whatever container (in this case it was a vat of alkaline white liquor) will su”
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u/darthjammer224
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“The real question is how much does it cost to not run for the x hours to swap it. Not that any of us agree with it. That's just the math they are doing when they say "nah" to the maintenance.”
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u/theindiekitten
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“My husband is a Tyler from Longview. He was never a Republican though, but I'm glad you aren't anymore either. A win for Tyler-kind.”
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u/theindiekitten
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“You dont need google. The local newspaper is called the Daily News. tdn.com I don't doubt you'll find plenty of articles that portray the general political leanings of the area. It's red.”
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u/theindiekitten
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Yeah I got kicked out of the local area news group for "being too political". It was almost a decade ago but IIRC everyone was being nasty to a Dem candidate for some city election, and I was telling them off. They will likely learn nothing from this. It's very sad.”
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u/theindiekitten
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“This is white liquor, an alkaline that is used in the wood pulp process for paper products.”
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u/KeepAnEyeOnYourB12
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“My friend's son used to work at that site and three of the people who worked with "dissolved" in his words. Another friend lost his legs from going in and trying to save others.”
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u/blue_collie
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“Yeah, [stuff like this never happens in Europe.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse_chemical_factory_explosion)”
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u/Zestyclose_Chef6977
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“To be clear, my half-baked ideas are: - Don't trust the company to do the right thing. Hold them accountable. - The cycle of violence against our town in exchange for a "living" is unacceptable. - Powerful people make decisions about our safety as it relates to their profits. It'”
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u/no_name113
Reddit, captured 2026-05-28
“I'm not sure what better explanation there is it was a 10" I-beam that was so rotten the web was thin enough for the guy to poke through it that was years ago”
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How it happened
White liquor is a strongly caustic kraft pulping solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium sulfide (Na₂S), at about pH 13. It escaped when the storage tank failed. At that pH it causes deep caustic burns (liquefaction necrosis), and the sulfide can release hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) gas.
air
1.2M-gal white-liquor tank, G Tankfailure point, ~900k gal released900k gal of 1.2M gal
Secondary containmentoverwhelmeddid not holdAquifer percolationgroundwater pathway
Site ditchesH₂S off-gassing to airmonitors reported no detections
Dike / ditch network
Reynolds Pumping Station
Columbia RiverpH spike; dilution-and-flush response
Health effects
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH)Sodium sulfide (Na2S)Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
White liquor, pH ~13 (strongly caustic). Contact causes liquefaction necrosis (deep burns); sulfide chemistry can off-gas H₂S.
0 acid7 neutral14 base
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
White-liquor caustic; typical of kraft pulping.
Sodium sulfide (Na2S)
White-liquor sulfide component.
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
Reduced-sulfur gas associated with kraft processes.
Garcia SM, Matheson B, Morales-Loredo JH
Yoshitome K
EPA record
All three EPA FRS registries map to the same plant at 3401 Industrial Way (registry lineage: Weyerhaeuser → Nippon Dynawave). The compliance history is recorded under FRS 110000490898; the two current-operator registries show no inspection history.
EPA ECHO Detailed Facility Report (FRS 110000490898)Significant non-compliance10 inspections (3-yr)Current SNC
Q3 '23
Q4 '23
Q1 '24
Q2 '24
Q3 '24
Q4 '24
Q1 '25
Q2 '25
Q3 '25
Q4 '25
Q1 '26
Q2 '26
Q3 '26
In complianceIn violationSignificant non-complianceNo data reported
Enforcement & inspectionsTotal penalties $16,000
$4,000
2022-07
$4,500
2024-08
$2,000
2024-08
$5,500
2026-03
Inspections10 on record
2024-092025-082026-04
Public attention
What the press is sayingCritical
negative 100%neutral 0%positive 0%
Local coverage
2026-09-10 KATU
2026-09-09 KPTV
2026-09-04 KSAT
2026-09-04 WRAL
In the news
Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB, 10/06/2026
KIRO 7 News Seattle, 10/03/2026
Packaging Dive, 10/02/2026
The Seattle Times, 10/02/2026
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | CSB (.gov), 08/28/2026
Coverage
05/19busiest 05/2708/22
Share of coverage
Nippon Dynawave Packaging55.5%International Paper26.6%Weyerhaeuser12.1%Georgia-Pacific5.9%
Facts
Gilbert Bernal was identified as the first Longview paper-mill explosion victim; his daughter Geovana Bernal shared a public tribute to him. The Chronicle
Family members Geovana Bernal and Todd Cornwell spoke about the GoFundMe campaign and community support for the victims. KIRO 7
A GoFundMe tribute remembered worker CJ Doran as the "spiritual leader of their family." PBS NewsHour
Mackenzie Ammons, wife of a Nippon Dynawave worker killed in the chemical implosion, publicly called on state officials to demand full transparency. National Law Review
All eleven people killed were accounted for; nine died at the scene and two later in hospital. Search and recovery is complete. Toll confirmed by the CSB's investigation update. U.S. Chemical Safety Board
G Tank was a 1.2-million-gallon atmospheric storage tank holding white liquor, a caustic kraft pulping solution, at about 200°F. Approximately 900,000 gallons were released when it failed. U.S. Chemical Safety Board
An external inspection in July 2025, ten months before the failure, measured significant portions of the tank's carbon-steel shell below the calculated minimum safe thickness. The contractor's report stated the tank was "not fit for continued service" absent repair and carried a "high likelihood/consequence of failure". U.S. Chemical Safety Board
Two further external inspections in October 2025 and February 2026 found the shell still below minimum safe thickness. The tank was never internally inspected or repaired, was not removed from service, and was not derated. U.S. Chemical Safety Board
Eleven employees were fatally injured and three seriously injured. Five more employees and one firefighter were treated without requiring inpatient hospitalization. Seventeen employees were on the ground level when the tank failed. U.S. Chemical Safety Board
The CSB has released surveillance footage showing the moment G Tank failed at approximately 7:09 a.m. on 26 May 2026. U.S. Chemical Safety Board
White liquor is a strongly alkaline aqueous solution containing sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium sulfide (Na2S) and is classified as a hazardous substance under Washington state and federal environmental regulations. U.S. EPA Hazardous Substance List; Washington State Department of Ecology
The Nippon Dynawave Longview mill is one of the largest paper-manufacturing facilities on the West Coast and employs several hundred direct workers, with additional contract workers on site. Nippon Dynawave Packaging company documentation
Longview, Washington has a population of approximately 40,000 and contains residential neighborhoods that border industrial facilities along the Columbia River industrial corridor, creating potential fenceline-community exposure pathways. U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census
Caustic white-liquor exposure at sufficient concentrations can cause severe chemical burns to skin and eyes, upper-respiratory-tract irritation, and pulmonary injury, according to occupational health guidelines. OSHA Chemical Hazard Bulletin; NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
Washington State's Model Toxics Control Act and the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act may provide additional legal bases for community claims beyond common-law tort theories. RCW 70A.305 (Washington Model Toxics Control Act); 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (CERCLA)
Similar settlements
Leach v. DuPont (C8 / PFOA) 2017~$670.7M, 84 times the smallest
Anderson v. Cyanamid / Hinkley (chromium-6) 1996~$333M, 42 times the smallest
Anderson v. W.R. Grace (Woburn) 1986~$8M, the smallest
Check every figure before you rely on it.
Judges
Exposure model
48of 100
40of 100
New filings
District Court, District of Columbia 1:25-cv-03899, 2025-11-10
District Court, W.D. Washington 3:23-cv-06021, 2023-11-08
District Court, C.D. California 2:23-cv-06302, 2023-08-03
District Court, W.D. Washington 3:22-cv-05132, 2022-03-07
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware 19-11047, 2019-05-10
District Court, N.D. California 3:17-cv-02162, 2017-04-18
Investor filings
2026-08-05, accession 0000051434-26-000123
Official response
U.S. EPA (On-Scene Coordinator)
Federal emergency response & cleanup oversight
Alerted
Engaged
Active
Findings
WA Dept. of Ecology
State environmental response & water monitoring
Alerted
Engaged
Active
Findings
WA L&I / DOSH
Workplace-safety investigation
Alerted
Engaged
Active
Findings
U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB)
Independent root-cause investigation (non-regulatory)
Alerted
Engaged
Active
Findings
U.S. Coast Guard
Columbia River waterway response
Alerted
Engaged
Active
Findings
Cowlitz County Coroner
Fatality identification
Alerted
Engaged
Active
Findings
Stage is reported, not confirmed. No body has issued findings yet.
Community response
Union, workers' localAssoc. of Western Pulp & Paper Workers, Local 153
The workers' own local; the union hall where family, friends and others gathered the day of the disaster, the center of gravity for affected families.
Organized laborCowlitz/Wahkiakum Central Labor Council & Longview/Kelso Building Trades
Coordinating direct family support, running the victims'-family fund through Lower Columbia Longshoreman's Federal Credit Union.
FaithNorthlake Baptist Church, Pastor Mark Schmutz
Led prayers at the R.A. Long Memorial Park vigil; a faith node holding space for grieving families.
Coordination hubLongview Resistance (Facebook), Stacey GreenWikipedia
Aggregating fundraisers and inviting anyone to reach out to share resources; the clearest open door into the community.
Meal TrainMiller family
Supporting Ana Soto and her three children after the death of Dillon Miller.
GoFundMeBernal family
Set up by a friend for Gilbert Bernal's family; his daughter Geovana Bernal has publicly thanked donors.
In-person fundraiserBob's Sporting Goods + local BBQ spotsWikipedia
Family fundraiser barbecue on Saturday, May 30, an in-person gathering open to the community.
Checkout donationsLocal Grocery Outlet
Register/checkout donations supporting the victims' families.
Discussion
What people are sayingCritical
read from 4 postsnegative 75%neutral 25%positive 0%
r/Washington, multiple injured
A relative seeking information as the news broke.
r/Portland, environmental fallout
A local resident discussing fallout reaching the ditches.
r/Washington, the road ahead
A local resident on the long legal and environmental journey ahead.
r/Syndicalism
Accidents Will Happen - THE CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK EXPLOSION AT THE NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING PAPER MILL IN LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON
r/union
Accidents Will Happen - THE CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK EXPLOSION AT THE NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING PAPER MILL IN LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON
u/GB10031
Accidents Will Happen - THE CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK EXPLOSION AT THE NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING PAPER MILL IN LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON
r/S2N_news
Daily Framing Watch: Forbes and Guardian named the company behind the Longview chemical implosion. Fox News stuck to one dead, nine missing.
The company
Parent
Nippon Paper Industries
Tokyo-listed (TSE) foreign parent
Site
Nippon Dynawave Packaging
Longview plant, 3401 Industrial Way, Cowlitz County WA
Wikidata
power station with capacity >1MW in Cowlitz County, WA
EPA FRS
3 site registries
Weyerhaeuser → Nippon Dynawave lineage, see EPA ECHO
GLEIF entity (LEI)
No matches.
SEC EDGAR
No direct SEC filings. Nippon Paper Industries is a Tokyo-listed (TSE) foreign parent, not an SEC domestic registrant. Full-text mentions excluded as noise.
USAspending awards
No matches. Top awards by amount (live).
Who lives nearby
Solid bar = Longview (fenceline). Vertical tick = Cowlitz County reference.
Natural hazards
FEMA disasters
SEVERE WINTER STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
2024-04-28 Cowlitz (County)
SEVERE WINTER STORMS, SNOWSTORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING
2022-03-29 Cowlitz (County)
SEVERE WINTER STORM, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
2021-04-08 Cowlitz (County)
USGS seismic within 200 km
M 4.2, 2026-09-29
M 2.6, 2026-09-28
Regional seismic context, not adjacent to the facility.
Case overview
Nippon Dynawave Packaging operates a large kraft-pulp and paper mill on the Columbia River in Longview, Washington. An accidental release of caustic white liquor, an alkaline chemical solution used in the kraft pulping process and composed primarily of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide, exposed on-site workers and nearby fenceline-community residents to hazardous chemical concentrations. Affected individuals may have experienced respiratory irritation, skin and eye burns, and related injuries. Litigation seeks compensation for personal injury, medical expenses, and related damages on behalf of workers and community members within the exposure zone.
Case snapshot
Court
Superior Court of the State of Washington, Cowlitz County
Key dates
Not set yet
Claims or registration deadline Not yet publicly established; monitor court docket for bar date or registration-portal deadline
Not set yet
Opt-out or exclusion deadline Not yet set; contingent on class certification ruling
Not set yet
Fairness or status hearing Not yet scheduled as of available public information
Key parties
Defendant
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. Operator of the Longview, Washington kraft-pulp and paper mill where the caustic white-liquor release occurred.
Parent Company
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Japanese parent corporation of Nippon Dynawave Packaging; potential additional defendant depending on corporate-liability theories.
Court
Cowlitz County Superior Court or U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Likely venue given the location of the incident; court assignment pending public confirmation.
Regulatory Agency
Washington State Department of Ecology State environmental regulator with oversight of chemical releases at industrial facilities in Washington.
Regulatory Agency
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries State agency responsible for worker safety enforcement and incident investigation.
Company profile
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company operates a large kraft pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington, producing containerboard and packaging products. The facility is one of the largest employers in Cowlitz County and uses caustic white liquor and other chemicals in its pulping process.
Industry
Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
Legal name
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company
Headquarters
Longview, Washington
Corporate structure
Lead debtor
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company Lead defendant; operator of the Longview, WA kraft pulp mill where the caustic white-liquor release occurred
Filing entity
Plaintiff class of affected workers and fenceline-community residents Workers employed at or near the mill and community members in surrounding Longview neighborhoods alleging exposure and injury from caustic white-liquor release
Financial snapshot
No publicly reported settlement fund has been identified as of the available research horizon. This field will be updated if and when a settlement is publicly announced.
Comparable cases
DuPont Washington Works PFOA Community Exposure (West Virginia) 2017$671M, 5 times the smallest
Pacific Gas and Electric Hinkley Groundwater Contamination (California) 1996$333M, 2 times the smallest
West Fertilizer Company Explosion (West, Texas) 2013$142M, the smallest
One shared dollar scale, colored by closeness of comparison. Verify every figure.
Closely comparableBroadly comparableDirectional
Closely comparable 2
Georgia-Pacific Bellingham Phenol Release 2016
Closely comparable Washington State industrial facility release affecting fenceline workers and community members with chemical injury claims.
Rhodia Inc. / Stauffer Chemical Superfund Site (Longview, WA) 2004
Closely comparable because it involves a Longview, Washington industrial chemical site with community-exposure and environmental-injury claims.
Broadly comparable 4
Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Explosion and Chemical Release (Washington) 2010
Broadly comparable Washington State industrial catastrophic-release case with worker injury and wrongful-death claims against a large industrial operator.
Broadly comparable industrial chemical-release mass-tort case with fenceline-community personal-injury claims; settled for approximately $142 million across multiple defendants.
IMC Global / Chevron Phosphate Plant Release (Louisiana) 2001
Broadly comparable industrial chemical fenceline-community class action with caustic-substance exposure claims resolved through class settlement.
Mosaic Fertilizer New Wales Sinkhole and Chemical Release (Florida) 2016
Broadly comparable large industrial facility caustic-substance release with worker and community claims, providing a benchmark for settlement magnitude at a major industrial site.
Directional 4
Directional precedent for fenceline industrial-community exposure class actions against a major paper and chemical manufacturer, with settlements totaling approximately $671 million.
Directional benchmark for fenceline-community chemical-exposure mass-tort cases resolved outside traditional class-action structure; total resolution approximately $333 million.
Formosa Plastics Texas City Chemical Releases (Texas) 2019
Directional comparison for repeated industrial chemical releases from a large manufacturing facility generating both worker and community mass-tort claims.
Union Pacific Railroad North Platte Chemical Spill (Nebraska) 2012
Directional comparison for acute caustic-chemical transportation or industrial release generating fenceline-community personal-injury claims requiring broad regional notice programs.
Milestones
Progress2 of 5 complete
Caustic white-liquor release incident at Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill Release of caustic white liquor at the Longview, WA facility; workers and fenceline community members allegedly exposed and injured
Initial personal injury and community exposure complaints filed Plaintiffs filed claims in Washington state court alleging negligence, premises liability, and related tort theories arising from the chemical release
Class certification proceedings Parties litigating scope of class; determination of whether worker and fenceline-community claims may proceed on a class or mass-tort basis
Discovery Fact and expert discovery ongoing regarding the cause, scope, and health effects of the white-liquor release
Settlement or trial Resolution pathway -- negotiated settlement or trial -- not yet determined as of available public information
Advisors and leaders
Lead Plaintiffs Counsel
Defense Counsel
Rules and oversight
The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) regulates air and water quality permits for the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill under state environmental law and in coordination with the federal Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. A caustic white-liquor release may trigger Ecology spill-reporting and notification obligations as well as potential enforcement action. Washington State Department of Ecology
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 has jurisdiction over major chemical releases at industrial facilities in Washington State and may conduct independent investigations under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). U.S. EPA Region 10
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has jurisdiction over worker safety at the mill and may investigate occupational exposure incidents under the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), which parallels federal OSHA standards. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region 10 covers worker safety in Washington State and may assert concurrent jurisdiction or conduct its own inspection following a reportable chemical-release incident at the mill. U.S. OSHA Region 10
The Cowlitz County Public Health and Human Services department may conduct community health assessments and coordinate public notification for residents in the fenceline area affected by the release. Cowlitz County Public Health
Industry context
Kraft pulp mills use white liquor -- a strongly caustic solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide -- to digest wood chips in the pulping process. Releases of white liquor pose acute chemical-burn risks to workers and, if the release is large enough, inhalation and dermal-exposure risks to nearby community members. The pulp and paper sector has faced recurring litigation over chemical releases, including hydrogen sulfide, chlorine compounds, and caustic liquors. U.S. EPA Pulp and Paper Sector Profile
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company is a joint venture majority-owned by Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. of Japan, and operates one of the largest containerboard mills on the U.S. West Coast. The Longview mill has historically been among the largest industrial employers in Cowlitz County, Washington. Nippon Paper Industries Corporate Information
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