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Caught On Tape: Mushroom Cloud Forms After Massive Explosion Rocks Chinese Port City
ZeroHedge ^
| 8/12/15
| Tyler Durden
Posted on 08/12/2015 12:33:13 PM PDT by Kartographer
It appears that carry trades are not the only thing blowing up in China. A massive explosion, fireball, and mushroom cloud can be seen at chemical storage facility in the Chinese port town of Tianjin...
*AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER TIANJIN BLAST: XINHUA
As The Telegraph reports,
Series of explosions in Tianjin, northern China, caused a huge mushroom cloud and triggered shockwaves that could be felt miles away
Footage circulating online appears to show a massive explosion in China's northern Tianjin.
Reportedly caused by flammable cargo, videos from the scene show a dramatic fireball exploding near the site of a fire.
The official Xinhua news agency said the blast happened at around 11:30 pm (1630 GMT), when a deafening bang was heard as plumes of flame lit up the sky, scattering dust dozens of metres into the air.
It is still unclear what buildings and how many people were affected by the explosion, but one man filming was blown off his feet by the force.
Tianjin hospital says 100 casualties have already arrived, many with severe burns.
Tianjin is a major port and industrial area to the south-east of the Chinese capital, Beijing
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chinaexplosion
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Some wild pictures at the site.
To: Kartographer
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:34:49 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Kartographer
It’s awful; but it’s hardly a “mushroom cloud” in the nuclear bomb sense. Thought for a minute Iran was outsourcing manufacturing.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:36:54 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
To: Kartographer
It is still unclear what buildings and how many people were affected by the explosion, but one man filming was blown off his feet by the force.
1. Was he filming the explosion before it happened?
2. If not, then what did it matter that he was filming anything?
To: Kartographer
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:37:20 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Kartographer
100’s injured will turn into thousands dead.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:38:48 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
To: Albion Wilde
Good Grief....
an ounce of gun powder, set in the open and sparked will create a “mushroom cloud”.....
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:38:50 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama is replicating the instruments of the fall of Rome)
To: Kartographer; JoeProBono
The EPA is at it again, I see..............
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:39:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: G Larry
well, yeah, but how big a mushroom?.............
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:39:39 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: JoeProBono
Holy Moley Batman.. That’s a big one!
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:39:39 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: Resettozero
It seems all the different people were filming an existing fire that resulted in a large explosion.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:40:22 PM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(We accept the love we think we deserve.)
To: AppyPappy
I had hoped it would be in a less populous area.. This does look to be around a more populated area.. Bummer.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:41:31 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: JoeProBono
This is why gasoline (petrol) is so dangerous to handle--one spark in the right conditions and KA-BOOM! in a huge way.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:43:04 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:43:19 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Slicksadick
It seems all the different people were filming an existing fire that resulted in a large explosion.
That makes sense to me. He was filming the fire which escalated into a tremendous explosion. So, it wasn't a sudden explosion for no apparent reason.
To: Kartographer
That was one hell of a shockwave.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:43:31 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
To: Kartographer
Insurance scam due to Yuan devaluation?
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:43:41 PM PDT
by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: Kartographer
I hope this isn’t as bad as it looks for their people. Hope all get well and few are killed.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:43:50 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women)
To: Kartographer
Might be a gasoline tanker explosion.
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:44:15 PM PDT
by
barmag25
To: Albion Wilde
No, it’s an angry red pikachu!
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posted on
08/12/2015 12:44:21 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
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