http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...city-tianjin?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_BaconReader
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Video #1 (may show injuries) [video=youtube;nQwRMGa4jsU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQwRMGa4jsU[/video]
Video #2 [video=youtube;MHQPX2TJPQc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQPX2TJPQc[/video]
Video #3 [video=youtube;a1aHADL2a24]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1aHADL2a24[/video]
8/12/2015 Hundreds injured after hugeexplosion inChinese port cityofTianjin |
Hundreds injured after huge explosion in Chinese port city of Tianjin
Blast caused by shipment of explosives that went up in flames just before midnight local time at industrial port in north-east of the country
Wednesday 12 August 2015 13.55 EDT
Hundreds of people have been injured by a massive explosion at an industrial port in Tianjin in north-east China, caused by a shipment of explosives that went up in flames.
The explosion happened just before midnight local time (5.00pm GMT), but has caused secondary explosions and fires in the surrounding area, Chinese state television reported on their online microblogging site. The Xinhua news agency said a deafening bang was heard as flames lit up the sky, sending dust dozens of metres into the air.
Three or four hundred people arrived at the Tianjin harbour hospital after at least two devastating blasts, the Beijing News reported, quoting an unnamed medic who works there. Some were brought in ambulances but many arrived on their own, after emergency numbers were overwhelmed with calls.
An employee of another hospital also said the emergency department was full, and staff are trying to contact all their doctors, the paper reported. “The hospital cannot count how many patients we have received – there are too many of them and many of them have burn injuries,” said one doctor at another hospital, who had been called back from a conference in Beijing to treat the injured.
Six firefighting teams had been sent to battle the blaze, and had lost contact with two people fighting the fire. Six others were being treated for minor injuries, Chinese state TV reported. Videos posted on social media showed a pillar of flame that dwarfed nearby high-rise buildings, and shook homes several miles away. Two explosions within 30 seconds were so strong that they registered with a nearby earthquake monitoring centre, the official People’s Daily reported on twitter.
The blasts ripped offices and homes apart, and sent chunks of masonry flying through the air, pictures showed. One car was crushed by the debris, another was half buried in a crater in the road. Dazed and bloodied victims ran from the flames, one covered almost head to foot in blood, wearing only his underwear, pictures showed. Another carried a child wrapped in a blanket, another with a stool over his head as a shield from falling debris.
It was not immediately clear how close to residential areas the centre of the explosion was, or how wide the radius of damage, however. Tianjin, a city of 7.5 million people, is a base for refining and petrochemical industries.
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Details from the local, Gas station exploded -> ignited two oil tanks nearby the chemical warehouse -> chemical exploded, the firefighters failed to put it out and a series of explosions triggered by the chemicals in the container terminal(Ethanol and others), all firefighters/police, people who watching nearby die on scene instantly.
The fact that chemical is concentrated in that area, people panic and concerns the releasing of toxic gases after the explosion, many evacuating caused road jam.
People from 10km away can feel the shockwave, windows shattered. The Donghai Road station is destroyed.
They said no one is alive within 1km in diameter, the explosions happened in tanggu district which is close to residential area in developing.
The total population of Binhai is 2.5 millions and the population density in the area is expected 2000/kmsq, expected injuries/casualties will be around 7000~70000.
There were two explosions, the first one is equals to 3 tons of TNT and the second one is 21 tons.
Estimated by the Seismograph (ML 2.3/ ML 2.9) http://i.imgur.com/L3BRe7u.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Dgeat43.jpg
Explosions seen from different places:
Videos:
1.http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMwODI2Mzk2NA==.html?f=25991719
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2.http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMwODIyMzkxNg==.html
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Close distance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJVYYxcc5s
Injured firefighters being transported to hospital :
http://imgsrc.baidu.com/forum/w=580.../4dc6a7efce1b9d1676ee6c17f5deb48f8c54649f.jpg
http://imgsrc.baidu.com/forum/w=580.../9cefce1b9d16fdfa23453098b28f8c5494ee7b9f.jpg
http://imgsrc.baidu.com/forum/w=580.../f51b9d16fdfaaf517eca77c98a5494eef01f7a9f.jpg
Video #1 (may show injuries) [video=youtube;nQwRMGa4jsU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQwRMGa4jsU[/video]
Video #2 [video=youtube;MHQPX2TJPQc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQPX2TJPQc[/video]
Video #3 [video=youtube;a1aHADL2a24]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1aHADL2a24[/video]
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