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An industrial explosion detonates in the port city of Tianjin China, when a warehouse full of material went up.

CBC article


Casualties are unknown but expected to be very heavy.


My heart goes out to those caught in or near the blast.



Video taken from a distance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIO5_p-Ev5k

Some of the footage was unbelievable. The second explosion bigger than the first. I know the city has a lot of chemical manufacturers so it could be any number given the location.

Looks almost like a bomb, so when do the conspiracy theorist start?

I love the comments section of western media outlets.

"is it a fireworks factory?" like China is like they get all their info about China from old western movies about chinamen building the railroads

They make fireworks, have a big wall and eat pets. That's all China has.

Originally posted by Robtard
Looks almost like a bomb, so when do the conspiracy theorist start?

Probably already.


It's almost certainly a totally plausibly mundane thing, though.


By the sounds of it, it started out as a gas station fire that then spread. And unfortunately, the firefighters who were fighting the earlier part almost certainly died in the explosion.

Originally posted by Robtard
Looks almost like a bomb, so when do the conspiracy theorist start?

Ask Jaden, he seems to have more links to conspiracy theorists than any of us.

Jaden's not really known as a conspiracy nut around these parts. So what happened?

A better, longer video


The silver lining is this is right in the middle of the port area, and not an area of high population density.

Carpark near the blast:
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/7061c249jw1ev0ju6sgdhj20ku1127am.jpg


Probably the closest historical counterpart is the Halifax Explosion

Originally posted by Robtard
Jaden's not really known as a conspiracy nut around these parts. So what happened?

I don't know, the links he provided the other day were entertaining to say the least.

Originally posted by Q99
A better, longer video


The silver lining is this is right in the middle of the port area, and not an area of high population density.

Carpark near the blast:
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/7061c249jw1ev0ju6sgdhj20ku1127am.jpg


Probably the closest historical counterpart is the Halifax Explosion

Carpark or dealership, all those cars look to be the same model.

Originally posted by Robtard
Carpark or dealership, all those cars look to be the same model.

There is a joke there but I aint gonna say it.

Originally posted by Robtard
Carpark or dealership, all those cars look to be the same model.


It'd make sense if it was a place where a company stored unloaded cars, used the nearby gas pump to fuel 'em up, then drive them to the actual dealerships.

Originally posted by psmith81992
Ask Jaden, he seems to have more links to conspiracy theorists than any of us.

Obsessed.

And it was you that posted the conspiracy links. Not me.

Seems to me not a liquid explosion as they tend to give an upwards rolling fireball. It doesn't appear to be a gas explosion as they tend to deflagrate slowly at first then accelerate outwards from the point of ignition. It's not a bleve.
Could be ammonium based.

Originally posted by Q99
An industrial explosion detonates in the port city of Tianjin China, when a warehouse full of material went up.

CBC article


Casualties are unknown but expected to be very heavy.


My heart goes out to those caught in or near the blast.



Video taken from a distance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIO5_p-Ev5k
That doesn't look fun...at all.

My guess is whatever was stored here.
Dropped pin

http://goo.gl/maps/66qKh

Word is (and any info at this point may be off) that's a warehouse of the bonded Rui Hai Logistics company, which specializes in the handling of hazardous goods.


Map image- The car park may be in the upper left of the map.

More photos:

http://static3.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2323787.1439421312!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/china-tianjin-explosion.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BwLHrXZ.jpg


That's just devastation...

China Xinhua News' twitter reports

"Latest: 17 killed in #Tianjin warehouse blast, 32 critically injured, over 280 in hospital "

Update

Reports of 42 dead from one official.

Of the firefighters, 9 dead, 36 missing

Whew, a bit of good news:



So at least one close-to-the-spot building was unoccupied.

More videos:

From a window

Translation:
*Engrish 'oh my god'*
*First explosion*
"Get clear!"
"This time it's serious-"
"Get clear!"
"Get to the bathroom!"

Nearby dashcam

Originally posted by Q99
More videos:

From a window

Translation:
*Engrish 'oh my god'*
*First explosion*
"Get clear!"
"This time it's serious-"
"Get clear!"
"Get to the bathroom!"

Nearby dashcam

First link isn't working

Due to the %20 at the beginning, this is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7FXeaahRsg

Oops. Yea, Bardock got it.

So is this why gas prices suddenly went up nearly 35 cents in 2 days?