Corrosive chemicals hamper recovery efforts at Longview industrial site; 9 still unaccounted for after tank rupture

By Erik Neumann (OPB), Troy Brynelson (OPB), Kyra Buckley (OPB), Amelia Templeton (OPB), Courtney Sherwood (OPB) and Conrad Wilson (OPB)

LONGVIEW, Wash. May 26, 2026 4:13 p.m. Updated: May 27, 2026 1:12 p.m.

Emergency responders announced late Tuesday that they’d suspended operations at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company due in part to the tank’s structural instability.