Eric Newman

Emergency vehicles were coming and going from a paper facility for the company Nippon Dynawave on Tuesday morning.

According to officials, the accident involved the rupture of a tank of a chemical compound called white liquor that's involved in the papermaking process.

Mike Gorsuch is the City of Longview Fire Battalion Chief.

Officials did not provide additional details about the victims, and they said it's too early to know the specific cause of the accident.

For NPR News, I'm Eric Newman in Longview, Washington.

Emergency vehicles were coming and going from a paper facility for the company Nippon Dynawave on Tuesday morning.

According to officials, the accident involved the rupture of a tank of a chemical compound called white liquor that's involved in the papermaking process.

Mike Gorsuch is the City of Longview Fire Battalion Chief.

Officials did not provide additional details about the victims, and they said it's too early to know the specific cause of the accident.

For NPR News, I'm Eric Newman in Longview, Washington.

Emergency vehicles were coming and going from a paper facility for the company Nippon Dynawave on Tuesday morning.

According to officials, the accident involved the rupture of a tank of a chemical compound called white liquor that's involved in the papermaking process.

Mike Gorsuch is the City of Longview Fire Battalion Chief.

Officials did not provide additional details about the victims, and they said it's too early to know the specific cause of the accident.

For NPR News, I'm Eric Newman in Longview, Washington.

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