{"id":698607,"date":"2026-06-11T23:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698607\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:17:09","slug":"new-autopsy-findings-released-for-victims-of-nippon-dynawave-disaster-in-longview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698607\/","title":{"rendered":"New autopsy findings released for victims of Nippon Dynawave disaster in Longview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW, Wash. (KATU) \u2014 The Cowlitz County Coroner&#8217;s Office has released the cause and manner of death for 10 of the people killed in the tank implosion at the Nippon paper mill in Longview, Wash.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven people were killed in the May 26 incident after a massive tank containing caustic white liquor imploded at the Nippon Dynawave facility.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/no-state-agency-routinely-inspects-tanks-like-one-that-exploded-in-longview-expert-says-nippon-dynawave-disaster-implosion-industrial-accident-local-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No state agency routinely inspects tanks like one that exploded in Longview, expert says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The coroner&#8217;s office announced Thursday that it had completed autopsies on 10 victims and concluded its investigation into the fatalities. The autopsies were performed June 1 and June 2.<\/p>\n<p>The cause and manner of death for Dillon Miller were not included in the report since he was taken to a Portland hospital and not in the Cowlitz County Coroner\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>The Multnomah County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office listed Miller\u2019s cause of death as \u201csodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide burns.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>All of the deaths were ruled accidental.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/longview-officials-recover-and-identify-all-nine-missing-in-dynawave-mill-tank-implosion-washington-oregon-robert-wilson-dale-miller-jarede-ammons-braden-fincus-clinton-dran-john-foresburg-brad-covington-tyler-gilbert-bernal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Longview officials recover and identify all nine missing in Nippon mill tank implosion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the coroner&#8217;s office, eight victims died from alkaline chemical burns. One victim, 48-year-old Robert Wilson of Clatskanie, Ore., died from alkaline chemical burns and blunt force injuries. Another victim, 38-year-old Braydon Finkas of Cathlamet, Wash., died from alkaline chemical burns and asphyxia due to aspiration of a foreign object.<\/p>\n<p>The coroner&#8217;s office said all next of kin have been notified and asked the public to respect the families&#8217; privacy as they grieve.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (8)<\/p>\n<p>Nippon Dynawave has not released additional details about the cause of the accident. State and federal agencies continue to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONGVIEW, Wash. (KATU) \u2014 The Cowlitz County Coroner&#8217;s Office has released the cause and manner of death for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-698607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}