A massive explosion hit a “dangerous goods” warehouse in Tianjin, China, on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and leaving emergency services staff trapped in the rubble.
The explosion in the Binhai New Area on the city’s coast happened at about 11.30pm local time, with videos posted on social media showed a towering inferno above one of China’s largest urban areas.
Reporting from a blog run from Tianjin’s government, Dow Jones newswire said that 13 people were dead, 11 seriously injured and a further 248 hospitalized. The People’s Daily newspaper put the toll higher: 17 dead, including three firefighters, 32 in critical condition and 400 injured.
As many as eight fire engines were destroyed by the blast.
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a fast and comprehensive rescue operation, and promised a thorough investigation and severe punishment for any wrongdoing.
CCTV and the People’s Daily reported that crews of firefighters and rescue teams arrived at the warehouse at about 10.50pm to tackle a fire, and were then trapped by the subsequent blast.
Citing the China Earthquake Networks Centre, Dow Jones reported that seismologists had tracked two explosions at about 11.34pm. The second blast was equal to about 21 tons of TNT exploding, while the first was the equivalent of about 3 tons of TNT, according to numerous reports.
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