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== Reaction ==
== Reaction ==
In a Twitter update, CCTV reported that President [[Xi Jinping]] had urged "all-out efforts to rescue victims and extinguish fire."<ref name="BBC" /> According to state news, high official of Ruihai Logistics are being held in custody.<ref name="fox"/>
In a Twitter update, CCTV reported that President [[Xi Jinping]] had urged "all-out efforts to rescue victims and extinguish the fire."<ref name="BBC" /> According to state news, high officials of Ruihai Logistics are being held in custody.<ref name="fox"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:53, 13 August 2015

On 12 August 2015, an explosion, believed to have consisted of two separate blasts, occurred at a petrol storage station in the Port of Tianjin in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China.[3] The cause of the explosion was not immediately known, but media reports suggested it was most likely an industrial accident;[3] and an update by state media said that the initial blast, at least, was from unspecified hazardous materials in shipping containers at a plant warehouse owned by Ruihai Logistics.[4]

Explosion

Early reports suggested that hundreds of people were injured in the blasts, which were felt several miles away, and which registered as magnitude 2.3 and 2.9 earthquakes on the seismic scale. The smoke column resulting from the explosion was hundreds of meters high.[5][6] The China Earthquake Networks Center reported the first and second blasts as being the equivalent of 3 and 21 tons of TNT respectively.[7]

Casualties

According to the official People's Daily, and China Central Television (CCTV), at least 300-400 people were taken to local hospitals;[8] ambulances and emergency rooms were overwhelmed, and many had extensive injuries, mostly burns and explosive blast injuries. Six firefighting teams were battling the resulting blaze, with at least two firefighters being treated for injuries; contact was lost with at least two firefighters.[9][10][11]

Initial reports have stated that at least 17 people were killed and 32 severely injured.[8][5][9]

Reaction

In a Twitter update, CCTV reported that President Xi Jinping had urged "all-out efforts to rescue victims and extinguish the fire."[3] According to state news, high officials of Ruihai Logistics are being held in custody.[8]

References

  1. ^ Page, Jeremy; Wong, Chun Han (13 August 2015). "Warehouse Explosions Kill at Least 17 in Tianjin, China". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ Haas, Benjamin (12 August 2015). "17 dead, 400 hurt as huge blasts hits China's Tianjin". AFP. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Massive explosion in China's Tianjin". BBC News. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015. Cite error: The named reference "BBC" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma (12 August 2015). "Explosions in Chinese city of Tianjin kill at least 17 and injure hundreds". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Huge explosion in Chinese port city of Tianjin". The Guardian. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Blast Rocks Chinese City of Tianjin, Hundreds Reported Injured". NBC News. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  7. ^ China blasts: Casualties as Tianjin warehouse blows up. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. ^ a b c "More than a dozen killed, hundreds hospitalized after massive explosions rocks Chinese city", Fox News, retrieved 12 August, 2015
  9. ^ a b Jiang, Steven; Ford, Dana (12 August 2015). "Explosion rocks Chinese city of Tianjin; 7 reported killed". CNN. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Hundreds injured after huge explosion in Chinese port city of Tianjin". MSN News. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Deadly Explosions Hit China's Port of Tianjin". The New York Times. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.