Posted on 08/14/2015 6:37:06 PM PDT by wtd
BEIJING — The high-rise apartment complex closest to Tianjin’s toxic chemical storage inferno was only 2,000 feet away, despite Chinese laws requiring a 3,200-foot minimum distance from hazardous sites.
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I have no doubt that some low level peons will suffer a bullet to the back of the head.
They will.
Confucius say man who light firecracker near condo raise rents.
"...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."
Interesting!
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And I agree, there will be executions over this. Too bad that's not a playable card over here... That kind of accountability might make people straighten up and fly right. When the people in charge have to pay for their mistakes perhaps they'll actively work towards not making so many of them that they continually keep expecting us to pay for to clean up.
#Chineselivesdon’tmatter.
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