roddy Posted August 12, 2015 at 07:31 PM Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 at 07:31 PM Video on the BBC is terrifying. Amazing that what's top item on the BBC news site is such a minor item on Sina.com.cn I almost missed it...I'd provide some links to Chinese sites, but loading speeds are painfully slow at the moment... Anyone in Tianjin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingfunny Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:13 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:13 AM Those videos really are shocking. It's come up as number 1 on my wechat sina news update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindmaxd Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:33 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:33 AM I am in tianjin,it is very serious exploding,I know some friends live near the exploding area,there is port in tanggu,people don't work now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:36 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:36 AM It's totally like the city had been hit by some kind of nuclear missile. Horrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Lelan Posted August 13, 2015 at 02:14 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 02:14 AM I thought Kenny was in the south not in Tianjin? Fireworks factory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindmaxd Posted August 13, 2015 at 02:54 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 02:54 AM There is a dangerous chemical warehouse,there is port area,so many warehouses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted August 13, 2015 at 04:46 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 04:46 AM @Meng Lelan Yes, I am in the south, i.e. Hunan. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdumogre Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:04 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:04 AM Saw the video last night Really scary how huge that explosion was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:31 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:31 AM It was a special warehouse for dangerous materials. Obviously something went wrong in a big way. It was no 1 on the late BBC news with some footage and eyewitness explanation. Last I saw the news 13 dead, hundreds injured, not a good night for china. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:43 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:43 AM Dutch newssite says 44 dead, and in one hospital at least 42 corpses were brought in. Same news item claims over 500 hurt from which 66 serious and 36 fireman are missing. In another source I read 13 fireman killed. If I see the video of the explosion and some of the pictures of the damage I would not be surprised if these figures will rise a lot. Positive might be that it was at/on a container terminal. Container terminals tend to be not too busy, but as there was already a fire going on who knows how many onlookers there were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:57 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 09:57 AM It doesn't surprise me that the numbers have risen, I suspect this will not be the final number either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tianjin42 Posted August 13, 2015 at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 10:19 AM I was in Tianjin earlier this week but back in Beijing now. I know that area fairly well (or at least did up until last year) - it is very much an industrial port leading down to the light rail where the more dense residential area begins - all of which is quite some distance from Tianjin city itself. On some of the footage you can see the flood lights of the Tianjin Taida (football) stadium also located on the light rail a couple of stops down from the explosion I think. As stated - it seems that the numbers of dead will rise substantially but I guess we will see lots of injured due to the broken glass from the shockwave. There aren't usually too many people in that 1 to 2 km area at that time of night so hopefully we won't see extremely high numbers of dead. Still checking with my contacts over there. Everyone accounted for so far. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:48 PM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 01:48 PM Just read there were about 1000! fireman at the fire before the explosion a few dozen are still missing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted August 13, 2015 at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 02:28 PM There are two big apartment complexes just across the street from the warehouse, one 600m away, another 800m. http://m.companies.caixin.com/m/2015-08-13/100839239.html 滨海爆炸致多居民小区受损 年前环评报告曾预警 2015年08月13日 15:53T中 万科海港城距离爆炸点直线距离仅600米，住宅小区紧邻危险品储藏库区 【财新网】（记者 黎慧玲 黄凯茜 王歆慈）8月12日晚23时左右，天津滨海新区港务集团瑞海物流危化品堆垛发生爆炸，多个居民小区损毁严重。财新记者在现场看到，爆炸点附近多栋居民楼窗户破损，这几个小区的居民已经撤离。昨晚爆炸后周围小区的人都撤到第五大街上打地铺过夜，其中受损最严重的万科海港城（清水港湾）距离爆炸点仅约600米。万科董事会主席王石今早发微博称，“滨海突发爆炸，万科滨海两个小区受到冲击、设施和房屋受到伤害。电梯，燃气和供水均已切断。” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwq Posted August 13, 2015 at 08:21 PM Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 at 08:21 PM I'm really sorry, but I laughed when somebody shared the fate of his Taobao purchase. Just wondering if 李勇 is okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebug1000 Posted August 14, 2015 at 01:55 AM Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 at 01:55 AM Any update on the condition of the city? I move there next week. Terrible tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flickserve Posted August 14, 2015 at 03:11 AM Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 at 03:11 AM Some really gross and tragic pictures coming out on facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdumogre Posted August 14, 2015 at 09:07 AM Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 at 09:07 AM I really hope some new safety regulations come outta this so this does not happen again. Plus I'm really surprised how televised this incident was in America. Really was on every station yesterday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted August 14, 2015 at 09:52 AM Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 at 09:52 AM I really hope some new safety regulations come outta this so this does not happen again.In many cases, enforcing the existing regulations is a lot more useful than making new ones. I think they'd first have to check what went wrong in this case. From what I understood, the company did in fact have permission to store dangerous substances, but of course they might have handled them wrongly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdumogre Posted August 14, 2015 at 11:22 AM Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 at 11:22 AM In many cases, enforcing the existing regulations is a lot more useful than making new ones. I think they'd first have to check what went wrong in this case. From what I understood, the company did in fact have permission to store dangerous substances, but of course they might have handled them wrongly. That's what it looks like. They just named a a chemical that causes a explosive gas when water is added (firemen) and its stored there in large quantities. The incoming rain storm may cause another explosion if the fire is not put out by then and it's that chemical that caused it. So pretty much still a lot of investigation to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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