That's a big dealer. Some on down Fire Sale this week.
Posted on 08/15/2015 1:00:03 AM PDT by Kartographer
There were plenty of residences within the blast zone. 10:50 PM local time.
There were about seven small explosions in the area on Saturday, according to a post on the micro-blog of CCTV. A fresh blaze ignited cars in a parking lot next to the blast site. The cause was not immediately clear. State media carried reports of other fires in the area.
Also, mention is made of rescued firefighter. Here is footage specifically of that claim...
Seems unlikely given the blasted remains surrounding the surviving fire fighter in that imagery. The shoe-less nearly naked survivor is lying betwixt smouldering scorched metal sheets with barely a scratch or visible burn on him. Perhaps he was knocked silly, stripped from his gear and wandered around until he collapsed.
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""...state media have reported. Several others are still missing. The blast occurred at a port warehouse owned by the 4-year-old Tianjin Ruihai International Logistics company. State-run media said that the facility held "dangerous materials," possibly including the chemical calcium carbide, which reacts violently to water.Yet when firefighters were called to the warehouse at 10:50 on Wednesday night, they attempted to douse a fire there with water cannons, according to several reports in Chinese media. Minutes later, two blasts lighted up the sky that together had the force of 53 Tomahawk cruise missiles exploding, state-run media reported.
Beijing has dispatched 200 hazardous-chemical specialists -- many of them in full protective suits and gas masks -- to investigate the cause of the blast.
One firefighter told the liberal newspaper Southern Weekend that his brigade was never warned against the use of water.
Propaganda authorities required local media outlets to use "only copy from Xinhua [news service] and authoritative departments and media," according to a censorship directive leaked to the news website China Digital Times. Officials said at a news conference Friday that even the names of the chemicals in the warehouse "cannot be determined at the moment," contradicting previous reports.
The Southern Weekend report has been taken offline."
"More exploding Hyundias? Hope mine doesn't." -McGruff
"Hyundai is Korean." - shibumi
"Huge explosions at a warehouse in Tianjin, China, have destroyed cars worth about 160 billion won ($136 million) from Hyundai Motor, Korea's top car maker, according to sources, Friday."About 4,000 Hyundai Motor-branded cars were at the site," an industry official said.
"They were all luxury models such as Genesis sedans. Assuming that all stacked cars were burnt, total losses will go up to 160 billion won."
Amid all the justified speculation over this event, yours is a proven observation. These were massive and horrific explosions, and much of the truth will leak out over time.
Capitalism and communism are not mutually exclusive. China practices the money-grubbing amoral variety of capitalism. It fits very harmoniously with their amoral money-grubbing communism
Wrong.. China is not communist any more it’s fascist.. same with russia..
Communism is Lesbian... Fasicism is Homo.. but both are gay.. Some are switch hitters..
Incompetence. Making a small problem a huge problem and costing lives in the process. When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. However, everyone around you or those who knew you know.
It's the same when you're stupid.
That's a big dealer. Some on down Fire Sale this week.
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