New explosion hits chemical warehouse in major Chinese port city
An explosion has struck a chemical warehouse in China’s northeastern port city of Tianjin, almost two months after a string of bomb blasts killed scores of people there.
Police on Monday said they received a report of an explosion at 9:46 pm local time (1346 GMT).
No casualties have been reported.
China’s official state news agency Xinhua reported that the blast occurred at a warehouse storing “alcohol materials” in Beichen District’s Xiditou Township, an area closer to the urban part of Tianjin.
Footage appeared on social media in China purportedly showing the site of the blast; a large fireball can be seen lighting up the sky in the footage (below).
Authorities reported that the fire that engulfed the building, and told local media that they were still investigating the incident.
Previously in Tianjin
On August 12, a string of major explosions took place at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin, killing over 160 people and devastating huge areas surrounding the site of the incident. The warehouse stored such hazardous materials as sodium cyanide.
The explosions and their aftermath raised the issue of industrial safety in the country, the enforcement of residential zoning regulations, government transparency and the adequacy of firefighter training.
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