Gigantic explosions in Tianjin, China. 44 dead, hundreds injured.

[joeychizzle]

REUTERS/StringerVehicles are seen burning after blasts at Binhai new district in Tianjin municipality, China, August 13, 2015.

The morning after two massive explosions rocked China's northeast port city of Tianjin, the magnitude of the damage has become clear.

The twin blasts on Wednesday killed at least 17 people, injured hundreds more, and left the surrounding area smoldering.

Early Thursday, the Beijing News newspaper cited fire department officials in Tianjin, who say dozens of firefighters were unaccounted for.

Here's the scene from China, the morning after:

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Firefighters were still hard at work dealing with hot spots

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Smoke rises over the site of the explosions in Tianjin.

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Few things surrounding the blast were spared

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The level of destruction is surreal

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Lots of smoldering metal

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Even vehicles under bridges were damaged

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More scattered vehicles

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Overturned shipping containers piled up nearby

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Hundreds were injured

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Medical workers tending to the injured

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Many people have been displaced

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Some people slept outdoors

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A worker cleans a highway near the site of the explosions

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[Knuckles Red]

Thats terrible. RIP!!!

 

[blackestofpanthers]

What happened

 

[radio rahiem]

hope the people recover quickly

 

[joeychizzle]

What happened

There was a fire at a warehouse containing some explosive shyt. They're now saying that there might've been odium cyanide and toluene diisocyanate, aka toxic lethal shyt.

Law enforcement are forcing media out of the immediate area.
11 firefighters confirmed dead.
36 more firefighters out of contact.
A white news reporter was interrupted during a live report by distraught survivors and relatives of the dead.
At least 520 hospitalized, 6 in severe condition.

 

[TrebleMan]

 

[joeychizzle]

Local news here in Hong Kong reports that hospitals in the area have run out of anaesthetic and are forced to treat injuries straight up.

 

[joeychizzle]

All that flaming debris

 

[blackestofpanthers]

There was a fire at a warehouse containing some explosive shyt. They're now saying that there might've been odium cyanide and toluene diisocyanate, aka toxic lethal shyt.

Law enforcement are forcing media out of the immediate area.
11 firefighters confirmed dead.
36 more firefighters out of contact.
A white news reporter was interrupted during a live report by distraught survivors and relatives of the dead.
At least 520 hospitalized, 6 in severe condition.

Damn rip to the victims.
Do they know what caused the fire? Was it a case of overworked employees?

 

[Tommy Knocks]

All that flaming debris

Heard the helicopters leaving the base last night.

on a different note, they gave some cac reporter the beats last night for filiming in front of the tianjin hospital. they served that boy 1,000 Liu Kang kicks. :rosslol:

 

[Tommy Knocks]

btw. supposedly only 17 people died, not true, those numbers are suppressed by the officials to keep jobs intact. once there's over 30 or 50 cant remember, Beijing steps in. Kinda like in america, state vs federal. the local authorities aren't reporting the real numbers.

 

[joeychizzle]

Damn rip to the victims.
Do they know what caused the fire? Was it a case of overworked employees?

Cause as yet unknown. They're putting together a team or something to investigate. Somebody might've fukked up ROYALLY.

Heard the helicopters leaving the base last night.

on a different note, they gave some cac reporter the beats last night for filiming in front of the tianjin hospital. they served that boy 1,000 Liu Kang kicks. :rosslol:

You up north now breh? Did you hear or see it?
also at 1,000 liu kang kicks

btw. supposedly only 17 people died, not true, those numbers are suppressed by the officials to keep jobs intact. once there's over 30 or 50 cant remember, Beijing steps in. Kinda like in america, state vs federal. the local authorities aren't reporting the real numbers.

Government mofukkas always stepping in to downplay shyt, no matter the country
the truth is gonna come out sooner or later, the fukk they doing trying to lie?

 

[Bolzmark]

btw. supposedly only 17 people died, not true, those numbers are suppressed by the officials to keep jobs intact. once there's over 30 or 50 cant remember, Beijing steps in. Kinda like in america, state vs federal. the local authorities aren't reporting the real numbers.

Ain't no way that crazy explosion only killed 17 people.

 

[joeychizzle]

Ain't no way that crazy explosion only killed 17 people.

I wouldn't be surprised if it reached high double digits. Hoping it won't though

 

[Tommy Knocks]

Cause as yet unknown. They're putting together a team or something to investigate. Somebody might've fukked up ROYALLY.

You up north now breh? Did you hear or see it?
also at 1,000 liu kang kicks

Government mofukkas always stepping in to downplay shyt, no matter the country
the truth is gonna come out sooner or later, the fukk they doing trying to lie?

Yea im north now. nah I didnt hear or see it, thats in the next province up. but the military from my province sent aid late last night. I was playin ps4, then heard a huge helicopter pass over, then another and another and another, 45 min straight, Im like damn wtf is this shyt an armada? went outside and they were headed in that direction.