Laura Oltmann

“We get overhead pages for different types of emergencies. But this one, we don’t get very often,”

Laura Oltmann · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-04

Oltmann recalled the unusual overhead page at the hospital on the morning of the paper mill explosion.

“Someone mentioned there had been an explosion at this plant, and that we were probably going to be getting some patients from there,”

Laura Oltmann · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-04

Oltmann described learning from a colleague that an explosion had occurred at the Nippon Dynawave plant and patients were expected.