Huge blast in China kills 17, and 2 firefighters

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Huge blast in China kills 17, and 2 firefighters

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August 12, 2015

A fire and at least two massive explosions around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday local time injured hundreds and killed 17 people along with 2 firefighters who died at an industrial area roughly 75 miles southeast of Beijing. Dozens of building collapsed are cars were burned out.

China’s People’s Daily newspaper has reported 17 people dead so far from the violent explosions at the dock at the Tianjin Binhai New Development Zone. An additional 32 have serious injuries and 283 others are currently hospitalized, the newspaper reported. Reporters have been moved 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the explosion zone as the surrounding buildings are collapsing, and all residents have been evacuated.
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Police were focusing on search and rescue operations rather than putting out the fire, as they want all chemicals to burn up completely. There was concern that high winds in the area could cause yet another blast. Only one group of firefighters were currently on site, in case of further explosions and to reduce the possibility of more casualties. More firefighters were standing by and volunteers went to local hospitals to help. Blood centers were calling for donations.Weibo users reported doors in their apartments were shaken off and many captured photos and video of the inferno. Several high-rise buildings are out of power. People standing outside of their buildings. Some have reported chemical gas leaks.



The Tianjin Fire Department (link in Chinese) reported that the fire began about 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday local time, and two explosions followed within 30 seconds of each other. About 100 fire trucks have been sent to the scene, the department said.

The China Earthquake Networks Center reported that the first explosion had a 2.3 degree magnitude (equivalent to 3 tons of TNT), and the second had a 2.9 degree magnitude (equivalent to 21 tons of TNT).According to the Tianjin Public Security Bureau, the explosion happened at the Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics Co. Ltd., which handles the transport of hazardous goods. The company’s website said it was established in 2011.The People’s Daily has reported that a Ruihai company representative has been detained.

























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Almost all registered Singaporeans in the area have been contacted

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Published: 11:29 AM, August 13, 2015
Updated: 1:22 PM, August 13, 2015

SINGAPORE — There have been no reports so far of Singaporeans sustaining heavy injuries from two massive explosions in Tianjin, said a spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Almost all of the 79 registered Singaporeans near the incident area of the explosions have been accounted for as of 10am today, said the spokesman.
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The blasts caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in Tianjin at 11.30pm last night (Aug 12), killing 17 people and injuring as many as 400, official Chinese media reported.
Following the explosions, the Singapore Embassy in Beijing activated its warden system in Tianjin to ascertain the safety of registered Singaporeans near the area, including those working at the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, which is 16km away from the blast site, said the MFA spokesman.
The ministry will remain in close contact with the Tianjin authorities until all registered Singaporeans are accounted for and to render consular assistance to the affected Singaporeans, he added.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and wish the injured a full and speedy recovery,” he said.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also posted on Facebook expressing his condolences to the families of the victims. Mr Lee said he is glad that all the Singaporeans contacted are alright.

Singaporeans in Tianjin can contact the Singapore Embassy in Beijing at +86-1391 0755 251 or [email protected] to update their current whereabouts or seek consular assistance. They can also contact the 24-hour MFA Duty Office at +65 6379 8800 / 8855 or [email protected].

 

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[h=1]Singaporean in Tianjin: Air quality near explosion site is 'bad'[/h][h=2]Mr Jeffrey Chng, who stays a few streets away from the warehouse blasts that rocked Tianjin on Wednesday night, says there were "tremors" felt and his house was "slightly damaged".[/h]

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SINGAPORE: The multiple explosions at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Wednesday night (Aug 12) have resulted in "bad" air quality and road closures as authorities deal with the aftermath, according to a Singaporean who lives near the incident site.
Mr Jeffrey Chng told Channel NewsAsia on Thursday that he lives seven to eight streets away from the blast, and that he was home at the time of the incident. The Singaporean is working in Standard Chartered Bank.
“I was sleeping when I was woken up by two short tremors,” he said. “My dog Jay Chow was scared and he came to my bedroom when we felt the tremors.”
“My house is not badly affected but the windows are slightly damaged,” he added.

The shattered window of Mr Chng's colleague's flat after the Tianjin blast. The colleague's flat was one street away from the blast, said Mr Chng. (Photo provided by Jeffrey Chng)
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China's state media said the blasts, caused by a shipment of explosives detonating in an industrial zone, killed 17 and injured 400.
However, the road closures left Mr Chng homebound as he was unable to get to work. “I’m staying home today as some roads are inaccessible. Roads will be closed until the debris is cleared,” he said. “The air quality near the explosion is bad and I’m waiting for further instruction from my company on my working status tomorrow.”

Mr Chng was one of 79 Singaporeans near the incident area contacted by the Singapore Embassy in Beijing.

The damaged door of Mr Chng's colleague's flat after the Tianjin blast. The colleague's flat was one street away from the blast, said Mr Chng. (Photo provided by Jeffrey Chng)
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Responding to media queries, MFA said on Thursday that the embassy had managed to contact almost all registered Singaporeans, including those working at the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, which is 16 kilometres away from the blast site.

“MFA will remain in close contact with the Tianjin authorities until all registered Singaporeans are accounted for and to render consular assistance to the affected Singaporeans,” said the spokesperson.



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[h=1]Huge explosions in Chinese port area kill at least 44, firefighters missing[/h]

Published: 2:37 AM, August 13, 2015
Updated: 1:36 PM, August 13, 2015

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TIANJIN, China - At least 17 people were killed and 400 injured when two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, state media said on Thursday.

The blasts, so large that they were seen by satellites in space, sent shockwaves through apartment blocks kilometers away in the port city of 15 million people. Internet videos showed fireballs shooting into the sky and the U.S. Geological Survey registered the blasts late on Wednesday as seismic events.
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Vast areas of the port - the 10th largest in the world - were devastated, crumpled shipping containers were thrown around like match sticks, hundreds of new cars were torched and port buildings left as burnt-out shells, Reuters witnesses said.

"I was sleeping when our windows and doors suddenly shook as we heard explosions outside. I first thought it was an earthquake," Guan Xiang, who lives 7 km (4 miles) away from the explosion site, told Reuters by telephone.
Guan, 24, said he saw flames and a mushroom cloud in the sky as he and other residents scrambled to get out of the building.

China Central Television (CCTV) said at least 17 people were killed, including nine firefighters, although casualty numbers were confused among state media outlets. The official People's Daily, citing reports, said on its microblog that 11 firefighters had been killed.

The state-run Beijing News cited Tianjin fire authorities as saying they had lost contact with 36 firefighters, and that another 33 were among the hundreds of people being treated in nearby hospitals.

At least 32 of those in hospital were in critical condition, state media said.

President Xi Jinping demanded that authorities "make full effort to rescue and treat the injured and ensure the safety of people and their property".

Xi said in a statement carried by official media that those responsible should be "severely handled".

Anxious residents rushed to hospitals to seek news about injured loved ones. Dozens of police guarded the entrance of the TEDA hospital, a Reuters witness said.

Pictures on Chinese media websites showed residents and workers, some bleeding, fleeing their homes. State news agency Xinhua said people had been hurt by broken glass and other flying debris.

TOXIC SMOKE

Fires were still burning after dawn. A Reuters witness said gray clouds of smoke billowed above the blast site and several trucks carrying paramilitary police - wearing masks to protect them from potentially toxic smoke - headed to the area.

The blasts shattered windows in buildings and cars and knocked down walls in a 2-km radius around the site. Photographs on Chinese news websites showed burned-out cars inside a multi-story car park at a logistics base at Tianjin Port.

Video posted on YouTube from what appeared to be an apartment building some distance from the scene showed an initial blast followed by a second, much bigger, explosion. Shockwaves hit the building seconds later.
"Our building is shaking. Is this an atomic bomb?" said a frenzied voice inside.

Despite the devastation, the port was operating normally, a port official said. Tianjin port is the gateway to northern China's industrial belt.

CCTV said workers had temporarily ceased efforts to put out remaining fires by mid-morning because it was unclear what types of chemicals were stored in the area. Other outlets said a chemical specialist team had been sent to the site.

CCTV said about 100 fire trucks had been sent to the scene. Several fire trucks had been destroyed and nearby firefighters wept as they worked to extinguish flames, the Beijing News said.

Xinhua said the explosions, the first equivalent to 3 tonnes of TNT and the second to 21 tonnes of TNT, ripped through a warehouse.

It identified the owner of the warehouse as Tianjin Dongjiang Port Ruihai International Logistics. The company's website said it was a government-approved firm specializing in handling "dangerous goods". Company officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

According to an assessment by government environmental inspectors published in 2014, the facility was designed to store several dangerous and toxic chemicals including butanone, an explosive industrial solvent, sodium cyanide and compressed natural gas.

CCTV said at least one person at a "relevant company" had been detained.

Industrial accidents are not uncommon in China following three decades of breakneck economic growth. A blast at an auto parts factory in eastern China killed 75 people a year ago when a room filled with metal dust exploded. REUTERS

 

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[h=3][/h]CHARRED: Rows of destroyed new cars near the site of the explosions in the up-and-coming Binhai New District.


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[h=3][/h]WRECKED: Buildings in the port area gutted by the blasts' shock waves and fire. Other buildings, like worker dormitories, close to the explosion site, were also heavily damaged.


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[h=3][/h]WALKING WOUNDED: An injured man waiting for help after the blasts.


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WORKER dormitories in Tianjin's port area were reduced to twisted wreckage and injured migrants packed emergency rooms yesterday, as the underclass of China's economic boom bore the brunt of a series of giant blasts.
Paramedics stretchered the wounded into the city's hospitals as doctors bandaged up victims, many of them covered in blood after the impact of an enormous fireball was felt over several kilometres.

A doctor wept as the body of a fireman still in uniform was wheeled by, his skin blackened from smoke.

As dawn broke to reveal the extent of the devastation, many of the developments close to the blast site - nearly completed luxury apartments and office buildings in the up-and-coming Binhai New District - appeared relatively intact, except for shattered windows and the odd object smashed into a facade.

But alongside the pristine new buildings that epitomise China's rise sat twisted metal, torn-off roofs and burned-out huts - remnants of the flimsy metal structures that house workers, and looking instead like crumpled, discarded sweet wrappers.

Brightly coloured bedding was exposed to the morning sun, some stained with splatters of blood.

Construction worker Wang He lived in one of the dormitories less than a kilometre from the blast, and awoke with a jolt, hitting his head on the ceiling.

"I saw a huge fireball, felt a hot wind on my face and then heard one of the loudest sounds in my life," the 26-year-old told Agence France-Presse (AFP) at Gangkou Hospital's emergency room.
"After I got over the shock, our workers' dormitory looked as if a giant had punched the side of the building."

At the city's Teda hospital, close to the blast site, security guard Zhang Hongjie, 50, sat with his head wrapped in bandages, his arms peppered with small cuts from flying glass.

"The explosion was terrifying and I almost passed out," he told AFP. "I'm sorry, I still can't think straight, I'm a bit confused," he said, adding that he was homeless after his dormitory was destroyed.

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