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1. the details are sparce on this one.. the term ore etc came from a north korean story ..
   and the best info i found ..
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   At least 17 dead, hundreds injured in huge explosions in China port city of Tianjin
   Police said an initial blast took place late Wednesday night at shipping containers of a warehouse for hazardous materials owned by a logistics company. The explosion triggered other blasts at nearby businesses, according to China’s official news agency.

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   Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods rock the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin. Natasha Howitt reports.
   By: Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press, Published on Wed Aug 12 2015

   TIANJIN, CHINA—Huge explosions sparked overnight 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 state media outlets said Thursday.

   CCTV, the state-run broadcaster, said another 248 people had been admitted to hospitals in the city, east of Beijing. The explosions late Wednesday knocked doors off buildings in the area and shattered windows up to several kilometres away.

   “I thought it was an earthquake, so I rushed downstairs without my shoes on,” Tianjin resident Zhang Siyu, whose home is several kilometres 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.”

   Another witness, Canadian teacher Monica Andrews, told the BBC that she, too, thought it was an earthquake.

   “I . . . looked out the window and the sky was red. I just watched a second explosion go off and (it was) just pure chaos, everyone leaving their apartment buildings thinking it’s an earthquake, cars trying to leave the complex. It was crazy,” Andrews told the British broadcaster.

   Zhang said she could see wounded people weeping. She said she did not see anyone who had been killed, but “I could feel death.”
   Communist Party’s People’s Daily says explosion was caused by explosive goods in a container

   Communist Party’s People’s Daily says explosion was caused by explosive goods in a container

   Police in Tianjin said an initial blast took place late Wednesday night in shipping containers of a warehouse for hazardous materials owned by a logistics company.

   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 almost three tonnes of TNT, and the second with the equivalent of 19 tonnes.

   Photos apparently taken by bystanders and circulating on microblogs show a gigantic fireball high in the sky, with a mushroom cloud. Other photos on state media outlets showed a sea of fire that painted the night sky bright orange, with tall plumes of smoke.

   In one neighbourhood of Tianjin, about 10 to 20 kilometres from the blast site, some residents were sleeping on the street wearing gas masks, although there was no perceptible problem with the air apart from massive clouds of smoke seen in the distance.

   “It was like the earthquake back in 1976 with glass breaking,” resident Han Xiang said. “But then there was a huge mushroom cloud so we thought we were also in a war.”

   State broadcaster CCTV said six battalions of firefighters had brought the ensuing fire under control, although it was still burning. It said the firefighters were combing the neighbourhood to look for further injured residents.

   The logistics company was identified in state media as Ruihai Logistics. The company says on its website that it was established in 2011 and is an approved company for handling hazardous materials. It says it handles approximately 900,000 tonnes of cargo annually.

   Tianjin is about 120 kilometres east of Beijing on the Bohai Sea and is one of the country’s major ports.
   ..” http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/08/12/massive-blast-rocks-chinese-city.html

   a rport of 21 tons of tnt equivalent blast was mentioned.. with at least one iniial of 3 tons of tnt.. might be chemical?

   Comment by arclight2011part2 | August 13, 2015 | Reply

2. Pray for china

   Comment by Mr Hyde Pre Workout Review | August 13, 2015 | Reply

3. Melted steel, Vaporized humans

   Comment by tlarremore | August 17, 2015 | Reply

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