Massive explosion in China
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I've heard it was explosives. I'm sure that warehouse was very tightly regulated with detailed reports of the contents there.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33896292
This link says chemicals and dangerous goods. Not much detail really, weapons factory maybe? The pics give a small glimpse of the damage, it appears pretty massive.
"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."
Nothing to see here, moving on. It's well known China cuts corners on workplace safety/environmental safety. Then they'll block all media coverage of this mess within their country. If the Chinese government doesn't care and tries to coverup the story why should I care?
No one is asking you to care or get upset about it, but that was a pretty fricken big explosion.
The death toll from the fiery explosions at a warehouse of hazardous chemicals climbed Thursday to 50, and the Chinese government sent experts to the shattered and smoldering port to assess any environmental dangers from the spectacular blasts.
More than 700 people were injured and dozens were reported missing in the explosions shortly before midnight Wednesday that demolished a workers’ dormitory, tossed shipping containers as if they were toy blocks and turned a fleet of 1,000 new cars into scorched metal husks. Windows were shattered for miles around by the shockwaves.
There was no indication of what caused the disaster in one of China’s busiest ports, and authorities tried to keep a tight rein over information by keeping reporters well away from the site. Social media users complained their posts about it were deleted.
More than 1,000 firefighters were sent to the mostly industrial zone in Tianjin, a petrochemical processing hub about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Beijing.
Tianjin is the 10th largest port in the world by container volume, according to the World Shipping Council, and the seventh-biggest in China. It handles vast amounts of metal ore, coal, steel, cars and crude oil.
Ships carrying oil and “hazardous products” were barred from the port Thursday, the Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration said on its official microblog. It also said vessels were not allowed to enter the central port zone, which is near the blast site.
The municipal government, which gave the death toll of at least 50, said 701 people were injured, including 71 in serious condition. The Tianjin Port Group Co. said dozens of its employees were unaccounted for and a search is under way. Some migrant workers at the port may not be documented.
Authorities said the blasts started at the warehouse owned by Ruihai Logistics, a company that says it stores hazardous materials including flammable petrochemicals, sodium cyanide and toluene diisocyanate.
An initial explosion apparently triggered an even bigger one. The National Earthquake Bureau said the first blast was the equivalent of 3 tons of TNT, and the second 21 tons. The enormous fireballs from the blasts rolled through a nearby parking lot, turning a fleet of 1,000 new cars into scorched metal husks.
Zhang Siyu, who lives several kilometers (miles) from the blast site, said she ran from her home without her shoes because she initially thought it was an earthquake.
“Only once I was outside did I realize it was an explosion. There was the huge fireball in the sky with thick clouds. Everybody could see it,” she said.
Zhang said she could see wounded people weeping. She said she did not see anyone who had been killed, but “I could feel death.”
State media said senior management of the company had been detained, and that President Xi Jinping demanded severe punishment for anyone found responsible for the explosions.
There was no immediate sign of any toxic cloud in the air as firefighters brought the fire largely under control by morning. However, the Tianjin government suspended further firefighting to allow the team of experts to survey hazardous materials at the site, assess dangers to the environment and decide how best to proceed.
In a sign of sensitivity over the hazardous materials stored at the warehouse, state broadcaster CCTV went live to a news conference in Tianjin when the head of the municipality’s Environmental Protection Bureau chief, Wen Wurui, was speaking. He said there had been no apparent impact on air monitoring stations, but that water samples were still being examined.
When a reporter asked him whether the chemicals at the warehouse had been stored far enough away from residences and Wen seemed at a loss for a response, the broadcaster suddenly cut away, only to return to it later.
Police kept journalists and bystanders away with a cordon about 1 or 2 kilometers (about a mile) from the site. On China’s popular Weibo microblogging platform, some users said their posts about the blasts were deleted, and the number of searchable posts on the disaster fluctuated, in a sign that authorities were manipulating or placing limits on the number of posts.
The Tianjin Internet Police, on their official microblog, warned social media users to stick to official reports about the number of dead and injured, saying that there would be “zero tolerance for creating rumors.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...105dce-4152-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html
Just was going to post that video. Here's the unedited video. I'll just post the link since* It has NSFW language in it, but it is an intense video. You can just hear the fear increasing in him as he films.
*Evidently, the new message board automatically embeds the youtube video even if you just post the link and not click the "insert film button".
*Evidently, the new message board automatically embeds the youtube video even if you just post the link and not click the "insert film button".
Several John Deere employees were injured, some critically, in an explosion involving a chemical storage facility in Tianjin, China.
Related: Massive explosion rocks Chinese city of Tianjin
The explosions originated at a warehouse site owned by Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics Co., a company that stores and transports dangerous chemicals. Company executives have been taken into custody, state media said.
More than 500 people were hospitalized and at least 50 confirmed dead, according to state media in China.
The John Deere facilities were damaged and operations for John Deere were temporarily suspended in Tianjin, according to Deere and Company spokesperson Ken Golden. Doors and windows were blown out, ceilings were damaged, and at least one water pipe was damaged.
“We have already determined that several employees who were home at the time of the blasts have sustained serious injuries and some are in critical condition,” Golden said. “In addition, a small group of Deere employees received minor injuries at work due to broken glass from windows that shattered.”
Some workers could not return to their homes located in a restricted area near the site of the blast.
John Deere travelers who were already in the area were instructed to leave Tianjin and go instead to Beijing. John Deere employees who were scheduled to travel to the area will postpone that travel, Golden said.
http://wqad.com/2015/08/13/john-deere-employees-injured-in-explosion-in-tianjin-china/
Related: Massive explosion rocks Chinese city of Tianjin
The explosions originated at a warehouse site owned by Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics Co., a company that stores and transports dangerous chemicals. Company executives have been taken into custody, state media said.
More than 500 people were hospitalized and at least 50 confirmed dead, according to state media in China.
The John Deere facilities were damaged and operations for John Deere were temporarily suspended in Tianjin, according to Deere and Company spokesperson Ken Golden. Doors and windows were blown out, ceilings were damaged, and at least one water pipe was damaged.
“We have already determined that several employees who were home at the time of the blasts have sustained serious injuries and some are in critical condition,” Golden said. “In addition, a small group of Deere employees received minor injuries at work due to broken glass from windows that shattered.”
Some workers could not return to their homes located in a restricted area near the site of the blast.
John Deere travelers who were already in the area were instructed to leave Tianjin and go instead to Beijing. John Deere employees who were scheduled to travel to the area will postpone that travel, Golden said.
http://wqad.com/2015/08/13/john-deere-employees-injured-in-explosion-in-tianjin-china/
