Massive Explosion Rocks Chinese Port City, Martial Law Declared

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Massive Explosion Rocks Chinese Port City, Martial Law Declared /realnews/ 08/13/15 (Thu) 01:41:38 No.75

It appears that carry trades are not the only thing blowing up in China. A massive explosion, fireball, and mushroom cloud can be seen at chemical storage facility in the Chinese port town of Tianjin…

*DEATH TOLL FROM BLAST IN CHINA'S TIANJIN RISES TO 13: DAILY

*TIANJIN HALTS SUBWAY TO BLAST-HIT BIN HAI NEW AREA ON THURSDAY

*TIANJIN MAYOR URGES CONTROL OF SECONDARY ACCIDENTS AFTER BLAST

Huge explosions at a warehouse for dangerous materials in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin killed at least 17 people, injured hundreds and sent massive fireballs into the night sky, officials and witnesses said Thursday.

China's state broadcaster, CCTV, said that at least 17 people were killed and that 32 were in critical condition in hospital. Hundreds of others were taken to hospital. The explosions late Wednesday knocked doors off buildings in the area and shattered windows up to several kilometers (miles) away.

"I thought it was an earthquake, so I rushed downstairs without my shoes on," Tianjin resident Zhang Siyu, whose home is several kilometers from the blast site, said in a telephone interview. "Only once I was outside did I realize it was an explosion. There was the huge fireball in the sky with thick clouds. Everybody could see it."

Zhang said she could see wounded people weeping. She said she did not see anyone who had been killed, but "I could feel death."

There was no indication of what caused the blasts, and no immediate sign of any large release of toxic chemicals into the air. Beijing News reported on its website that there was some unidentified yellow foam flowing at the site.

Police in Tianjin said an initial blast took place at shipping containers in a warehouse for hazardous materials owned by Ruihai Logistics, a company that says it's properly approved to handle hazardous materials. State media said senior management of the company had been detained by authorities, and that President Xi Jinping has demanded severe punishment for anyone found responsible for the explosions.

The official Xinhua News agency said an initial explosion triggered other blasts at nearby businesses. The National Earthquake Bureau reported two major blasts before midnight, the first with an equivalent of 3 tons of TNT, and the second with the equivalent of 21 tons.

The explosions took place in a mostly industrial zone, with some apartment buildings in the vicinity. Buildings of a half-dozen other logistics companies were destroyed in the blasts, and more than 1,000 new Renault cars were left charred in nearby parking lot, Beijing News said.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-12/caught-tape-mushroom-clud-forms-after-massive-explosion-rocks-chinese-port-city?page=1

/midpol/ 08/13/15 (Thu) 01:44:00 No.78

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martial law is also in effect at ferguson

once we get a few in europe things will really start compounding

Death Toll in China's Tianjin Explosions Rises to 50 /realnews/ 08/13/15 (Thu) 15:19:25 No.83

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Death Toll Rises to 50 From Massive Tianjin Blasts (*Updated)

http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0813/c90882-8935361.html

Death Toll in China's Tianjin Explosions Rises to 44

At least 520 people sustained injuries, including 66 in critical condition, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The death toll from two explosions in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin has climbed to 44 people, local media reported Thursday.

At least 520 people sustained injures, including 66 in critical condition, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The incident occurred just before midnight on Wednesday in an area where toxic chemicals were stored. The twin blasts were reportedly caused by by flammable goods at a container terminal.

Over 1,000 firefighters were sent to the scene, and search-and-rescue operations are currently underway.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for efforts to save the injured people, while Prime Minister Li Keqiang pledged to carry out a thorough investigation, according to local media.

http://sputniknews.com/asia/20150813/1025691068.html

China Sends In Chemical Warfare Troops, Orders Tianjin Blast Site Evacuation... /realnews/ 08/15/15 (Sat) 15:36:19 No.117

China Sends In Chemical Warfare Troops, Orders Tianjin Blast Site Evacuation After Toxic Sodium Cyanide Found

Four years ago, following the Sendai tsunami and resulting explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese government had just one goal: to minimize panic among the population, even if it meant blatantly lying about the resulting deadly radioactive fallout the public was exposed to. After all the top prerogative among government bureaucrats has always been to minimize social disturbance even if it means sacrificing countless individuals to a death that could have been avoided if only the government had told the truth from the beginning.

This was also the playbook followed by the Chinese government three days ago after the massive chemical plant explosion in China’s port of Tianjin where the casualty count is increasing with every passing day (85 dead at last check and rising fast), but where the real danger is that toxic gases and chemical fallout, just as dangerous and lethal as Fukushima’s beta and gamma waves, have spread in the air and water, and are jeopardizing the local population.

Initially the government did everything in its power to cover up the spread of deadly contaminants. As we reported yesterday, People’s Daily openly lied to the local population: “Authorities tasked with marine monitoring announced there were no hazardous chemicals detected in waters off the blast site in north China's port city Tianjin on Friday.

A statement from the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said major measurement of seawater composition did not show any anomaly compared with historical records.

Hazardous materials such as cyanide and volatile phenol were not detected, while the variety of zooplankton was not affected either, it added.

The problem is that the Chinese government long ago lost all credibility and as we reported yesterday, local residents “wondered if even the air was safe because of the smoke, still billowing hours later from vestiges of the inferno, which destroyed an industrial zone near the port. Many people wore masks.”

“Right now, we don’t know anything,” said Sun Meirong, 52, an office cleaner who descended 13 flights of stairs with her 1-year-old grandson after the explosions blew in her apartment windows and front door.

… According to the Tianjin Tanggu Environmental Monitoring Station, calcium carbide was one of several toxic industrial chemicals stored by the company. The others included sodium cyanide, which can produce hydrogen cyanide, a volatile and flammable liquid; and toluene diisocyanate, which can also react violently in the presence of water.