{"id":186066,"date":"2015-08-12T23:32:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T06:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=186066"},"modified":"2015-08-13T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T15:14:09","slug":"massive-explosion-rocks-tianjin-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/08\/massive-explosion-rocks-tianjin-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Explosion Rocks Tianjin Port"},"content":{"rendered":"

The extent of the damage and the cause of the massive explosion at a hazardous goods warehouse in the port area of Binhai<\/a> outside of Tianjin at 11:30 pm Wednesday were still being evaluated as morning broke in China. From Steven Jiang, Dana Ford and Jethro Mullen at CNN<\/strong> <\/a>:<\/p>\n

The state-run news agency Xinhua reported that an explosion tore through a warehouse storing “dangerous and chemical goods” in Binhai, an area of the city by the water.<\/p>\n

The firefighting division of the Chinese Public Security Ministry said firefighters were first called to the scene about a fire. An explosion went off after they arrived, it said.<\/p>\n

As smoke continued to billow into the sky from the site Thursday, local authorities suspended firefighting efforts at the scene because of a lack of information on the “dangerous goods” that were stored at the warehouse, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n

[…] The state-run China Earthquake Networks Center said in an official post on social media that two of the explosions had carried the force of small earthquakes. The first was measured at magnitude of 2.3, the second at 2.9, it said. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Album: Death toll reach 44 in #Tianjin<\/a> warehouse #explosion<\/a>, 12 firefighters are among the dead pic.twitter.com\/c6fPlTVN9o<\/a><\/p>\n

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) August 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n