Ny explosion i Tianjin – lagerlokal i lågor
Kinesiska Tianjin drabbades av ännu en explosion på måndagskvällen, rapporterar den statliga nyhetsbyrån Nya Kina. Denna gång – två månader efter explosionerna som krävde runt 170 liv – skedde det i en 700 kvadratmeter stor lagerbyggnad. Smällen ska ha följts av en brand.
Inga personer ska ha kommit till skada och inte heller gjordes några farliga utsläpp.
Precis som vid de tidigare explosionerna var det en industrilokal hyrd i andrahand. Därinne fanns tre ton alkohol och ett ton ättiksyra.
Nästan 800 skadade i de förra smällarna
Wikipedia (en)
A series of explosions that killed over one hundred people and injured hundreds of others occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin on Wednesday, 12 August 2015. The first two explosions occurred within 30 seconds of each other at the facility, which is located in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China. Fires caused by the initial explosions continued to burn uncontrolled throughout the weekend, repeatedly causing secondary explosions, with eight additional explosions occurring on Saturday, 15 August.
The cause of the explosions was not immediately known, but Chinese state media reported that at least the initial blast was from unknown hazardous materials in shipping containers at a plant warehouse owned by Ruihai Logistics, a firm specializing in handling hazardous materials.
Poor coverage of the event and the emergency response to it received criticism. The Chinese government also censored the internet and social media using the words "Tianjin" and "explosion", and announced it had taken down multiple websites for publishing "false" information.
As of 12 September 2015, the official casualty report was 173 deaths, 8 missing, and 797 non-fatal injuries.
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