Massive explosions have hit China's northern city of Tianjin, leaving at least 17 people dead and hundreds more injured.

State media said the blasts happened in a warehouse storing "dangerous and chemical goods" in the port area of the city. Pictures and video on social media showed flames lighting up the sky, and buildings are said to have collapsed. Hospitals are reported to be overwhelmed with casualties.

President Xi Jinping has urged "all-out efforts" to rescue victims and contain the fire, Xinhua state news agency said. State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said a shipment of explosives had detonated but this was not confirmed. The first explosion at about 23:30 (15:30 GMT) on Wednesday was followed by another, more powerful blast, seconds later. Shockwaves were felt several kilometres away.
BBC Chinese Service editor Raymond Li says all indications are that it was an industrial accident. The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the magnitude of the first explosion was the equivalent of detonating three tons of TNT, while the second was the equivalent of 21 tons of the explosive. Further blasts were subsequently triggered nearby, Xinhua said.

CCTV said four firefighters were among the dead and that more than 400 people had been injured, at least 32 of them critically. BBC producer Xinyan Yu, who is in Tianjin, said workers' dormitories were among the buildings destroyed.
Some of the still photographs being posted online really give a sense of the damage. People are showing internal doors ripped off their hinges and glass is scattered everywhere inside apartments.

The most upsetting images are from the surrounding streets and from hospital waiting areas showing some of the injured - parents carrying injured children.

Hospitals are clearly struggling to cope with this huge influx of casualties. Hours later, fires were still burning and 100 fire engines were at the scene, reported CCTV.

One witness, named only as Ms Yang, told local media she was out shopping when "suddenly from behind there was a big fireball and explosion".

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what's with the third pic?

These guys are just digging their own graves, their families and that of everyone that is connected to them.
The Chinese goververnment is unapologetically brutal when it comes to acts of terrorism.

Rip to dead. Safety measures ought to b in place

networkgenuis:
These guys are just digging their own graves, their families and that of everyone that is connected to them.
The Chinese goververnment is unapologetically brutal when it comes to acts of terrorism.

No one is mentioning terrorism yet. For now it is chucked up as an industrial accident

Mynd44:

No one is mentioning terrorism yet. For now it is chucked up as an industrial accident

Tianjin is the Capital of Xinjian region.
It is the hotbed of terrorism here.

It is definitely an act of terrorism. Unless the new definition of industrial accident is when 2 SUVs rams into a market with the occupants tossing out a couple of explosives while at it.

"Killing 17 and I"


Na wa for this Op o


I thought Op was also part of the Explosion o.



No go take English kill yourself before your time.

No be by force to post topic o.