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The damaged tank at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. held approximately 900,000 gallons of white liquor, a chemical used in paper processing, authorities said.
Brothers Tyler Covington and Brad Covington were among 11 workers killed in a catastrophic Washington paper mill explosion.
The disaster at the mill in Longview, Wash., which took at least eight lives, was greeted with sadness but not surprise by a community that knew cutbacks and other pressures had raised risks.
Several people were injured Tuesday in an explosion at International Paper in Warren County. Around 4 a.m., deputies with the Warren County Sheriff's Office responded to the paper mill on U.S. Highway 1 in Manson.