A 17-year-old boy was scratched by a black bear on Mount Si Trail near Seattle on Tuesday, prompting authorities to close the trail and several nearby routes as they search for the animal.
Authorities confirmed Saturday that all nine missing workers have been found dead following a chemical tank implosion at a paper pulp plant in Longview, Washington, bringing the total death toll to 11. Recovery crews spent days navigating debris and using drones to locate the victims after the rupture released nearly 900,000 gallons of toxic ‘white liquor’ into the Columbia River.
The search for nine missing workers at a Washington state paper mill has been downgraded from rescue to recovery operations, officials said Wednesday, raising the suspected death toll to 11 after a massive chemical vat imploded. Governor Bob Ferguson called it potentially the deadliest industrial disaster in modern state history.
At least one person was killed and nine remain missing after a 900,000-gallon tank containing a hazardous chemical mixture ruptured at a paper mill in Longview, Washington. Recovery efforts stalled Tuesday over safety concerns but are expected to restart Wednesday morning.
“At the moment, we are not aware of any rescues that are yet to be made,” Cowlitz Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Goldstein said during a news conference.
Authorities have recovered and identified the bodies of all missing workers from the May 26 chemical tank explosion at a Washington paper mill, bringing the death toll to 11. The blast, which released hundreds of thousands of gallons of caustic white liquor, marked one of the deadliest industrial accidents in state history.
Authorities confirmed Thursday that a third injured worker has died from injuries sustained in a tank failure at a Washington state pulp mill, raising the presumed death toll to 11.
The remains of all missing workers from a catastrophic chemical tank implosion at a Washington state paper mill have been recovered, officials confirmed Saturday, bringing the death toll to 11 and ending a five-day search that tested rescue crews and rattled the community of Longview.
A 21-year-old boater was taken into custody after his runaway speedboat, with him unconscious at the helm, narrowly missed two ferries before smashing into rocks near the Steilacoom Ferry Dock. Witnesses and a ferry captain described the close call as a miracle no one was seriously hurt.
A spate of high-profile airplane crashes in mid-June — involving a business jet, a skydiving plane, a B-52 bomber and a Marine Corps fighter — has raised questions about aviation safety. While investigators say the incidents appear unrelated, the cluster has drawn heightened public attention.
Robin Pendery, a seasonal mountaineering ranger with Denali National Park and Preserve, died after falling into a crevasse near the 14,000-foot camp on Mount McKinley on Thursday. She had joined the park’s climbing patrol just last season.
A pilot ejected safely after an F/A-18 Hornet crashed into a mountainside in Yakima County on Saturday, sparking a fast-moving wildfire that forced campers to flee, local and military officials confirmed.
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