Adam Rideout Redeker

LONGIVEW, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – We’re learning more about the chemical tank explosion that occurred at a Longview paper mill in May. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) posted an update Friday, Aug. 28 to an investigation of the Nippon Dynawave paper mill conducted nearly a year prior. On May 26, one of the mill’s chemical tanks, known as G Tank, exploded, resulting in 11 deaths and the release of 900,000 gallons of caustic white liquor.

OLYMPIA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Environmental violations have been issued after a fatal chemical tank explosion at a Longview paper mill in May. The Washington Department of Ecology issued an administrative notice to Nippon Dynawave Packaging Wednesday, Aug. 26. It detailed environmental violations that stemmed from a storage tank explosion that occurred in May. The tank’s collapse led to 11 deaths and resulted in 900,000 gallons of highly caustic white liquor being released across the facility.

SKAGIT COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Cleanup is underway after several oil barrels and tires were dumped into a Skagit County stream. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Aug. 23, Hampton Lumber revealed that it had discovered the items in a fish-bearing creek on its property, which flows into the Skagit River. A photo attached to the post shows a segment of Jackman Creek covered in translucent oil with barrels and tires littered around it. A gasoline can in Jackman Creek.