According to CCTV, a white smoke emerged soon after the new explosion and evacuation was ordered for military servicemen deployed near the scene of the accident.
A powerful explosion rocked a warehouse storing chemical goods around midnight on August 12. Another major explosion followed as firefighters worked at the scene. Eyewitnesses claimed that the blast shattered windows in buildings within a two-kilometer perimeter, while more than 5,000 cars burned down.
Over a thousand of firefighters are battling the fire in Tianjin. More than 1,500 military servicemen were sent to the scene to provide assistance.
The death toll in the series of explosions already reached 114 people, Chinese media reported on Sunday. On Saturday, rescuers recovered 10 more bodies of those killed in powerful blasts that struck the city on Wednesday. Ninety-five people are still missing, including 85 firefighters, the media said.
A full-scale search and rescue operation is underway at the sight of the explosion. China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection said that cyanide and other hazardous highly toxic chemicals were found at the site of the explosion. According to the ministry, a level of cyanide exceeded the norm by eight times in one of drain pipes in the emergency area.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to Chinese President Xi Jinping, expressing condolences over the tragedy in Tianjin. Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov offered assistance to China’s social security minister in dealing with the aftermath of the explosions.
[tass.ru]
17/8/15
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Residents protest as Tianjin death toll rises to 114...
ReplyDeleteAbout a hundred people whose residences were damaged in the massive Tianjin blasts gathered Monday for a protest to demand compensation from the government as the death toll from the disaster rose to 114 with 70 still missing.
The blasts lasts Wednesday night originated at a warehouse for hazardous material, where hundreds of tons of sodium cyanide - a toxic chemical that can form combustible substances on contact with water - were being stored in amounts that violated safety rules. That has prompted contamination fears and a major cleanup of a 3-kilometre-radius, cordoned-off area in this Chinese port city southeast of Beijing.
Chinese work safety rules require such facilities to be at least 1,000 metres away from residences, public buildings and highways. But online map searches show the Ruihai International Logistics warehouse was within 500 metres of both an expressway and a 100,000-square-metre apartment complex. Those apartments had walls singed and windows shattered, and all the residents have been evacuated.....AP.........ctvnews.ca
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Les secours occupés à dégager des barils de cyanure du lieu des explosions à Tianjin...
ReplyDelete(Belga) Les services de secours actifs sur le lieu des explosions dévastatrices de mercredi dernier à Tianjin, dans le nord-est de la Chine, ont dégagé des centaines de tonnes de cyanure du site. Deux corps ont également été découverts, ce qui porte le bilan officiel de la catastrophe à 114 décès, indiquent lundi des médias d'Etat.
Au total, 700 tonnes de cyanure auraient été entreposées sur le site portuaire, alors que celui-ci n'avait une autorisation que pour 10 tonnes de ce composant chimique extrêmement dangereux. Les secours sont occupés à déplacer les barils. Selon un commandant militaire local, cité par l'agence de presse Xinhua, la plupart des barils ne sont pas endommagés. Ceux qui sont intacts sont transportés par camion, ceux qui présentent des fuites sont d'abord neutralisés avec du peroxyde d'hydrogène. Le premier ministre chinois Li Keqiang a rendu visite dimanche à la ville portuaire dévastée. Il s'est rendu au chevet de personnes blessées dans les explosions et a rendu hommage aux pompiers décédés. Il a également donné l'ordre d'informer la population, un point qui fait l'objet de nombreuses critiques des habitants depuis plusieurs jours. La catastrophe nourrit les craintes de contamination parmi les 15 millions d'habitants de la métropole portuaire. Les familles des victimes accusent les autorités de vouloir cacher la vérité tandis que des sites web ont été bloqués pour avoir diffusé des "rumeurs". (Belga)
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