Kemikaalionnettomuus Yhdysvalloissa – Tuntematon määrä kuolleita

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Kemikaalionnettomuus Yhdysvalloissa – Tuntematon määrä kuolleita
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Marikki Nykänen
Tänään klo 22:17

Yhdysvalloissa Washingtonin osavaltiossa sattui aikaisin tiistaina paikallista aikaa kemikaalionnettomuus pakkaustehtaalla, missä on kuollut tuntematon määrä ihmisiä. Asiasta kertoo brittilehti The Guardian. Lisäksi useille muille on tullut kemiallisia palovammoja.

Tapaus sattui Nippon Dynawave Packaging -tehtaalla, jossa valkolipeää sisältänyt säiliö rikkoontui. Kyse on paperiteollisuudessa käytettävästä aineesta.

Yritys ja paikallinen pelastuslaitos kertoivat yhteisessä tiedotteessa, että tapaukseen liittyy kuolemia. Tarkempia tietoja ei kerrottu.

– Tilanne on yhä pelastus- ja raivausvaiheessa, kun viranomaiset jatkavat operaatioitaan. Loukkaantuneita tai menehtyneitä koskevia tunnistetietoja ei toistaiseksi julkaista ennen omaisten informoimista, viranomaiset sanoivat.

Pelastuslaitoksen edustaja Michael Gorsuch sanoi aiemmin KGW 8 -medialle, että jotkut vammoista ovat kriittisiä, ja suurin osa henkeä uhkaavia.

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Kemikaalitankki halkesi sellu- ja paperitehtaalla Washingtonin osavaltiossa – ihmisiä kuollut

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Joitakin ihmisiä on kuollut kemikaalitankin haljettua sellu- ja paperitehtaalla Longview'ssä Washingtonin osavaltiossa Yhdysvalloissa tiistaiaamuna paikallista aikaa, uutistoimisto AP kertoo.

Nippon Dynawave Packaging -yhtiö ja paikalliset lainvalvontaviranomaiset sanoivat yhteisessä lausunnossa, että säiliön halkeaminen aiheutti useita kriittisiä vammoja sekä kuolonuhreja.

Washingtonin palokunta kuvaili tapahtumaa joukkouhritapahtumaksi, mutta tarkempia tietoja loukkaantuneiden ja kuolleiden määrästä ei ole kerrottu.

Portlandin palo- ja pelastuslaitoksen tiedottaja Rick Graves kertoo ABC Newsille, että potilaiden määrä on kaksinumeroinen. Potilailla on kemiallisia palovammoja ja hengitysvammoja.

Onnettomuuspaikalla on noin 40 palopelastajaa ja ensihoitajaa sekä alueellinen vaarallisten aineiden ryhmä. Tapauksesta tehtiin ilmoitus kello 7.19 paikallista aikaa.

Viranomaiset kertoivat aluksi onnettomuudesta kemiallisena räjähdyksenä, mutta myöhemmin halkeamana, ABC News huomauttaa.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20228103

Väkevät natriumhydroksidiliuokset ja kiinteä natriumhydroksidi, joka absorboi nopeasti ihon kosteutta muodostaen ihon pinnalle liuoksen, syövyttävät voimakkaasti ihoa aiheuttaen syviä haavaumia ja toisen tai kolmannen luokan palovammoja vastaavia syövytysvammoja. Ihovaurioiden muodostuminen alkaa välittömästi, mutta ärsytyksen tunne voi viivästyä minuutteja, jopa tunteja liuoksen väkevyydestä riippuen. Yli 25-prosenttinen natriumhydroksidiliuos aiheuttaa ärsytyksen tunteen iholla 3 minuutin kuluessa. Väkevyydeltään 4-prosenttinen liuos tuhoaa 15 minuutissa ihon pintakerroksen ja aiheuttaa tunnissa ihon läpi ulottuvan vaurion. Väkevyydeltään 4-prosenttisen liuoksen ärsytysvaikutus ilmenee noin tunnin kuluessa. Natriumhydroksidin imeydyttyä syvälle ihoon syntyy tuskallista kipua ja tällöin aineen vaikutusta on vaikea enää neutraloida.

Natriumhydroksidin vesiliuokset syövyttävät voimakkaasti silmää. Aine tunkeutuu syvälle silmään ja aiheuttaa polttavaa kipua, jos silmän huuhtelua ei aloiteta välittömästi. Vakavissa tapauksissa silmään tulee pahoja syöpymävammoja ja pysyvä näönmenetys on mahdollinen.

Nieltynä natriumhydroksidi syövyttää ruuansulatuskanavan seinämiä, jolloin ilmenee polttavaa kipua, oksentelua ja ripulia. Voimakas altistuminen aiheuttaa sokin.

https://ova.ttl.fi/natriumhydroksidi

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*Poistettu mukahauska nokkeluus*tm

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*Poistettu yritys kuoliaaksinaurattaa*tm

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Yhdysvaltalaismedia USA Todayn mukaan 26 ihmistä on joko kuollut tai loukkaantunut.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/b8a ... 532695bb30

Ilmeisesti tarkkaa kuolonuhrien määrää ei haluta kertoa, koska loukkaantuneistakin moni todennäköisesti menehtyy.

[Huutaja Jaana]

Tai kukaan ei ole uskaltanut mennä sisään katsomaan paljonko uhreja löytyy.

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Search for 9 people missing after a deadly chemical tank rupture will resume today
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Emma Tucker
Emma Tucker
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Alisha Ebrahimji
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Hanna Park
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Holly Yan
Holly Yan
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Chemical tank fatally implodes at a paper and packaging plant in Washington state
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Search crews will renew efforts Wednesday to find nine people still missing a day after a deadly chemical tank rupture at a paper plant in southwestern Washington state.

At least one person was killed and nine people were injured after a 900,000-gallon tank containing a hazardous chemical mixture ruptured Tuesday morning at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility in Longview. About 90,000 gallons of material could still be inside the damaged tank, officials said.

The tank contained a mixture called white liquor, which is used in paper-making processes and can cause severe burns when it comes into contact with skin.

Recovery efforts were delayed Tuesday evening due to safety concerns. The tank was unstable late Tuesday, creating hazardous conditions for emergency responders, said Scott Goldstein, chief of a Cowlitz County fire district.

So local, regional and state agencies were working with facility staff to “reinforce and stabilize the site” to help with recovery efforts, which could safely resume Wednesday morning, fire officials said in a release.

There is no threat to the surrounding community, but people should avoid the area, the Longview Fire Department said.

The rupture is the latest in a spate of incidents at industrial facilities, mills and plants in recent months – some of which have been deadly.

The Washington state incident took place around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility, which produces pulp used to make paper products and paperboard for items like cartons and cups.

The injured include eight employees and one firefighter, who was treated and released, fire officials said Tuesday. Earlier in the day, officials said “there were fatalities” related to an implosion.

Details about how the rupture happened weren’t immediately available. CNN has sought comment from Nippon Dynawave Packaging about the incident.
Ruptured industrial tank at Nippon Dynawave Packaging
A photo released by the Longview Fire Department shows a ruptured industrial tank at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Tuesday morning in Longview, Washington.
Longview Fire Department

The rupture in Longview came less than a week after officials in Southern California raced to prevent an overheating chemical tank from exploding, prompting tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. A crack in the tank eased pressure in the tank, eliminating the risk of a catastrophic blast.

In April, a chemical leak involving nitric acid and another substance at a West Virginia plant killed two people and injured more than a dozen others, The Associated Press reported

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/26/us/w ... -implosion

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Iltalehti 31.5.2026 / https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/b8a ... 532695bb30

Järkyttävä tragedia Yhdysvalloissa – Uhreja löytyi lisää

Loukkaantuneiden lukumäärästä ja tilasta ei ole tietoa.

Yhdysvalloissa tiistaina sattuneen kemikaalionnettomuuden uhriluku on noussut 11:een, uutistoimisto AFP kertoo. Onnettomuus sattui pakkaustehtaalla Washingtonin osavaltiossa. Uhriluku nousi sen jälkeen, kun pelastajat olivat löytäneet yhdeksän kadonneen henkilön ruumiit.

Tapaus sattui Nippon Dynawave Packaging -tehtaalla, jossa valkolipeää sisältänyt säiliö rikkoutui. Kyse on paperiteollisuudessa käytettävästä aineesta.

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CBS kertoo, että nyt kaikki kadoksissa olleet on löydetty ja kaikki uhrit on myös tunnistettu.

CBS News 31.5.2026 / https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodies-rec ... aper-mill/

Bodies of all 9 missing workers recovered after chemical tank implosion at Washington state paper mill

The bodies of all nine missing workers have been recovered from the aftermath of a chemical tank implosion at a pulp and paper mill in southern Washington state, authorities said Saturday.

The tank ruptured at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility in Longview, a city located along the southern Washington border with Oregon, on Tuesday. Two people had previously been pronounced dead at area hospitals, bringing the total death toll to 11.

"I can share that we have recovered the ninth and final missing employee of this incident," Longview Fire Chief Brad Hannig said in a news conference Saturday.

The 11 victims were identified by Cowlitz County Coroner Dana Tucker as:
Gilbert Bernal, 52; Tyler Covington, 29; Bradley Covington, 27; Robert Wilson, 48; Dale Miller, 54; Jared Ammons, 35; Braydon Finkas, 38; Clinton Doran, 26; John Forsberg, 51; Norman Barlow, 58; and Dillon Miller.

Two bodies were recovered Saturday after one body was recovered Friday. Six bodies recovered Thursday were found in what was described as a workers' area, where employees would gather before and after their shifts. Authorities had previously noted the implosion happened during a shift change.

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Responders couldn't say when they expected to recover the remaining bodies. Longview Fire Department Battalion Chief Matt Amos said Thursday the scene was "very complex," with industrial hazards like exposed electrical wiring and collapsed structures making recovery difficult. He also noted crews have to rotate in and out of the scene and go through a decontamination process every time they leave.

Several more people were injured in the incident, but the exact number and their conditions were unclear Thursday. Some of the patients had been transported to the Legacy Oregon Burn Center in Portland, Oregon.

The tank that failed was holding white liquor — a chemical commonly used in paper and pulp processing, which consists of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. Authorities previously said the tank had an approximate capacity of 900,000 gallons and was about two-thirds full at the time of the incident. Local authorities estimated Wednesday that roughly 25,000 gallons of material may remain inside the damaged tank, and it is leaking out slowly.

Amos said the tank was in the same condition Thursday as it was the day before.

Addressing the environmental concerns from the incident, Environmental Protection Agency coordinator Brooks Stanfield said Thursday that while hydrogen sulfide was a main concern, none has been detected in the air. However, some of the liquid from the tank leaked into a complex of nearby ditches that sit above a source for the city's drinking water, and that people and pets have access to.

Chris Collins, a Public Works director, said testing indicates the water is safe to drink for now and that "there is no cause for concern." Collins said the water is drawn from an aquifer that is 200 feet deep, and the wells are "very protected" from surface environmental concerns.

Stanfield said authorities were implementing a two-part plan to clear the ditches, involving pumping fresh water into the system to dilute the chemicals, and then flushing it out into the Columbia River once the pH, or acidity, is brought down to a safe level. Collins said fire hydrants were being opened up to help with that effort.

Stanfield also said white liquor from the tank failure had reached the Columbia River in the first minutes after the rupture, but the exact volume isn't known.

"The understanding is it was very limited," he said, adding, "It is safe to fish and swim in the Columbia River right now." He did note dead fish were found in the contaminated ditch complex, and they expect to continue to find more until that system can be safely flushed.

Nippon Dynawave's director of support services, Brian Wood, said the mill was shut down after the implosion, with only "some critical infrastructure" still operating with "minimum staffing." He said the company has "made arrangements" to pay people who are not working and "will continue to do so."

Asked about public safety concerns at the plant, Wood told reporters, "We work in a highly hazardous atmosphere and a highly hazardous industry. We approach it with the utmost care in everything that we do. I'll let the facts speak for themselves."