Cowlitz County (WA) coroner reports Nippon Dynawave victims died from alkaline chemical burns

LONGVIEW, Wash. — The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office has completed autopsies on 10 of the 11 people who died in the May 26 industrial accident at the Nippon Dynawave facility in Longview, one of the deadliest workplace disasters in the nation in recent decades...The disaster began when a tank containing more than 500,000 gallons of a highly destructive chemical mixture used in paper manufacturing collapsed at the facility...According to autopsy findings released by the coroners office, 10 of the victims died from alkaline chemical burns...