Senator Jeff Wilson

The weather is heating up as hot temperatures are headed our way.

Please enjoy the heat safely. Many of the rivers and streams throughout our district are still cold.

Be extra aware of fire dangers. Enjoy carefully.

Recently I announced my commitment to ask for transparency and investigations regarding the tragic Nippon incident to be expedited and thorough. This process is well underway and we all need the honest facts of “how” this happened.

Here is what I am working on;

Legislation to improve and create standards for storage above ground tanks that store hazardous or dangerous liquids.

Review of worker health and safety standards for those who work around these products and the facilities that store hazardous liquids.

Create a team of experts to make recommendations to the legislature on standards we need to implement. The “experts” include the workforce and state agencies…in the Longview incident the workforce is primarily the union workforce of the AWPPW local members …they were there and they matter.

In addition I am sponsoring resolutions to honor and respect the victims and the families.

My bills can be pre-filed in December.

We are all committed to finding the truth and facts that may need patience while the investigators do their work.

You have my commitment to get these questions answered.

Please continue to send prayers for those workers and their families.

Our community prayers for those involved at this facility.

Update from the Longview Fire Department. Confirmed Fatality. Number may likely increase. Emergency responders have confirmed:
• 10 individuals were transported to area hospitals:
o 8 employee injuries
o 1 firefighter injury
o 1 fatality

Officials can also confirm there are 9 employees who remain unaccounted for. All identified families have now been notified.

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LONGVIEW, WASH - Emergency responders continue recovery and stabilization operations at Nippon Dynawave Packaging following Tuesday morning’s industrial incident involving the rupture of a tank containing white liquor at the facility located at 3401 Industrial Way.

Recovery efforts remain complex due to ongoing safety concerns at the site. While originally believed to contain approximately 80,000 gallons, officials now report the tank held approximately 900,000 gallons of white liquor. Longview Fire and Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue estimate roughly 90,000 gallons of material may remain inside the damaged tank.

Currently, the tank remains unstable, creating hazardous conditions for emergency personnel. Responders are continuing efforts to structurally reinforce and stabilize the site before additional recovery operations can safely proceed.

These conditions continue to impact portions of the facility and limit access to some areas of the site. Officials state there is currently no direct threat to the surrounding community.

Recovery operations remain focused on safely accessing all affected areas of the facility, recovering victims, and supporting impacted families, while ensuring the safety of emergency responders working within unstable conditions.

Emergency responders have confirmed:
• 10 individuals were transported to area hospitals:
o 8 employee injuries
o 1 firefighter injury
o 1 fatality

Officials can also confirm there are 9 employees who remain unaccounted for. All identified families have now been notified.

Numerous local, regional, and state agencies continue coordinating response and recovery operations alongside facility personnel.
State officials are planning a visit to the site. The site will continue to be monitored overnight, but recovery efforts will not resume until tomorrow due to ongoing safety concerns.

This is the final scheduled public update for today. Additional verified information will be released as it becomes available.

Thank you to all those that serve our amazing United States of America.

Vader parade today. Early 250th birthday!

No comment? No public hearings? Ethics violations? Special union treatment?

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