2015 Tianjin explosions

2015 Tianjin explosions

The 2015 Tianjin explosions were a series of explosions that occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin starting 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.^[3] Over one hundred people were killed and hundreds of others were injured. The cause of the explosions was not immediately known, but initial reports pointed to an industrial accident.^[3] Fires caused by the initial explosions continued to burn uncontrolled throughout the weekend, repeatedly causing secondary explosions. Eight additional explosions occurred on Saturday, 15 August.

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