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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGood lawd! Look at this explosion in Tianjin a few minutes ago.
New link:
Whoa!
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)was the shockwave when it hit those guys and they were a long ways off.
That is not good.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Another video:http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:4ff7b8486550327f41331dab28ec8f9a
CCTV says gas or oil.
#Tianjin is a port city in northeastern China and the fourth largest city. Its unclear what caused the explosion.
Warpy
(111,352 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Paraxylene (PX)
Paraxylene (PX) is a chemical essential to the process of manufacturing plastic bottles and polyester clothing which is dangerous if inhaled or if absorbed through skin, causing different degrees of damage to abdominal organs and the nervous system. China is the worlds largest PX producer and consumer as of 2010. Safety concerns over PX factories have prompted environmental protests in China.
Warpy
(111,352 posts)so the plant has always been called "controversial."
It has also exploded before.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)I'm confused. Did this just happen?
drm604
(16,230 posts)The Youtube video was posted today. Of course someone could have just posted or reposted a video from April.
BooScout
(10,406 posts)The plant has had explosions before as well..
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I'm still confused about the connection to the link. As far as I've seen, the type of plant today's explosion is is not confirmed but maybe it is the same kind?
BooScout
(10,406 posts)State Newspaper Daily is now reporting it was explosive material in a container at a terminal in the Binhai district.....no link.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I just reposted another link fom today's explosion.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)I was replying to someone else.
No worries either way. Just curious about all this - I'm sure more details are emerging as I type...
BooScout
(10,406 posts)malaise
(269,182 posts)Hope casualties are limited
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I'll bet it's a lot more than that.
malaise
(269,182 posts)<snip>
Hundreds of people have been injured and at least seven killed after a series of devastating blasts sent a fireball hundreds of metres into the air at an industrial port in northern China.
A shipment of dangerous goods in a warehouse went up in flames shortly before midnight local time (0500 GMT), state media reported, causing explosions so strong that they shook homes on the other side of the city and sent flaming debris arching over nearby high-rise buildings.
Hundreds of injured people crowded into hospitals, arriving on foot and by car after emergency services were overwhelmed.
When the first explosion happened, it felt like a earthquake, said Chen Bingzhi, who lives about 4km from the explosion site. The whole building was shaking. I live on the fifth floor and all the windows are broken.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Wow! I wonder what it was? Refinery perhaps?
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)@mpoppel: Unknown number of injured taken to nearby hospital after massive explosion in China's Tianjin - state-run news agency
BooScout
(10,406 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)How awful!
BooScout
(10,406 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Not good. Must have been a refinery or something.
sarisataka
(18,774 posts)jonno99
(2,620 posts)benld74
(9,910 posts)the sight of them reaches you THEN the sound!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)thecrow
(5,519 posts)...what caused the photographer to turn his camera in that spot just before the explosion...?
Does anyone speak Chinese here?
I would love to know what he is saying.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)A few caught it at the beginning. In those, it is a very small fire on the horizon. People probably started taping but didn't expect the whole load they got. When it started, it was no big deal.
DUgosh
(3,058 posts)N/t
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)you can see a smaller fire, right before the explosion. That's probably what he was focused on first.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)Seems pretty obvious that it blew up, whether it was the source of the explosion or one of the secondary explosions.
This is why people protest LNG. (liquified natural gas)
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Heartbreaking. So many dead. Makes you appreciate USA safety standards