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Chemical Tank Implosion at US Paper Mill Leaves Casualties

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San Francisco, May 27 (IANS) The implosion of a chemical tank at a pulp and paper mill in Longview, the US state of Washington, killed an undisclosed number of people and left multiple others critically injured, local authorities and company officials said.In a joint statement posted on social media, Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company and local authorities said that a rupture of the tank caused “multiple critical injuries” and fatalities. The exact number of deaths has not been released, Xinhua n…