Massive explosions have hit China's northern port 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. The editor of the BBC's Chinese Service, Raymond Li, says all indications are that it is an industrial accident China blasts: Casualties as Tianjin warehouse blows up - BBC News
At least 50 casualties as per CNN tonight, most of them firemen. They still have no clue what was stored inside the warehouse(s). Hundreds of injured people, whole housing blocks (2 km distance) uninhabitable....
China has sent a team of military chemical experts to the northern city of Tianjin, after explosions left at least 50 dead, state media report. The blasts, late on Wednesday night, ripped through an industrial port area, destroying buildings, shipping containers and thousands of new cars. It is not known what caused the blasts, nor whether chemicals have leaked. More than 3,500 residents are spending the night in temporary shelters. Hundreds are injured, 71 critically. State news agency Xinhua reports that rescue workers are "racing against the clock to save the injured and contain fires", 24 hours after the massive blasts at a warehouse in the Binhai New Area. Many of the wounded had glass or shrapnel cuts, skull injuries or fractures, Wang Siaojie of Teda Hospital said. More than 200 experts in chemical materials from the Chinese army have arrived in Tianjin. Their first task was to test the air for toxic gases, Xinhua said. China explosions: Chemical specialists sent to Tianjin - BBC News That was some serious explosions,wiped the whole port out by the looks of the pictures.
