Friday, August 14, 2015

Best video so far of the two massive explosions in Tianjin


From wiki:

On 12 August 2015, at least two explosions within 30 seconds of each other occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China.[4][5] The cause of the explosions was not immediately known, but initial reports pointed to an industrial accident.[5] Chinese state media said that at least the initial blast was from unknown hazardous materials in shipping containers at a plant warehouse owned by Ruihai Logistics,[6] a firm specializing in handling hazardous materials.

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 Several reports stated that at least 71 people were severely injured, and more than 50 killed.

2 comments:

  1. The initial blast was estimated as equivalent to three tons of TNT, while the second blast was the approximate yield of a 21-ton TNT explosion. source

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  2. Pretty big, Enschede was 'only' about 4-5 ton TNT.

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