Last victims retrieved in Washington mill disaster
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Authorities in Washington said they recovered the bodies of seven employees on May 28 and 29. Another two are still unaccounted for and are not expected to be found alive.
The confirmed death toll climbed to two people Wednesday, with nine others presumed dead. The federal Chemical Safety Board announced it was opening an investigation into the tank rupture.
Crews recovered six bodies from a Longview paper mill Thursday as they continued the response to a massive chemical tank rupture earlier this week.
Gov. Bob Ferguson said Washington is "bracing" for the deadliest industrial disaster in state history.
Two major incidents at chemical plants in one week have intensified scrutiny of the Trump Administration's push to gut chemical safety regulations.
Soldiers and airmen from the Washington National Guard’s 10th Homeland Response Force continued supporting first responders following the implosion of a chemica