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Massive Explosion in China's Tinajin
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Posted on 08/12/2015 11:03:18 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta
Footage circulating online appears to show a massive explosion in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, the cause of which is not yet known. The explosion reportedly occurred at the Tianjin Binhai New Development Zone at about 23:30 (15:30 GMT). Pictures and video footage shared on social media suggest a number of people were wounded by the blast. Several nearby tower blocks are without power, according to the Chine
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bang; boom; china; chinaexplosion; explosion; huskwedpooch; sumtingwong; tianjin
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To: FreeAtlanta
Oddly reminiscent of Iraq shock and awe.
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:04:11 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
To: FreeAtlanta
Wow! I thought at first that was going to be a shot with Godzilla in it (power lines, cheesy model city, etc.)
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:04:29 AM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: FreeAtlanta
Yup.
That’s a bleepin’ massive explosion if I ever bleepin’ saw one.
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:04:58 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: FreeAtlanta
Sounds like a gas main maybe.
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:05:28 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(It's true.)
To: FreeAtlanta
Possibly a fireworks factory?
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:05:30 AM PDT
by
mulder1
("It is not the critic that matters")
To: FreeAtlanta
If real, i’d agree that qualifies as a massive explosion.
To: FreeAtlanta
There will be a delay in the latest batch of ipwnds.
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:06:05 AM PDT
by
deadrock
(I is someone else.)
To: AppyPappy
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:06:06 AM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(Restore Liberty!)
To: AppyPappy
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:06:23 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: FreeAtlanta
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:06:38 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: arthurus
Would a gas main send those flaming metallic arcs of fire across the sky like in the pic?
To: FreeAtlanta
Somebody set up us the bomb !?!
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:07:39 AM PDT
by
csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: FreeAtlanta
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:08:13 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Travis T. OJustice
Just heard that it showed up on a weather satellite. That is as bad as Sharknado blasting sharks into space.
All seriousness, there is no doubt there are fatalities. We should pray for them. I am not a Communist Chinese fan, but I don’t want any innocent people hurt.
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:08:18 AM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(Restore Liberty!)
To: Travis T. OJustice
To: FreeAtlanta
looks like a still shot from a Godzilla movie
To: AppyPappy; FreeAtlanta
Oddly reminiscent of Iraq shock and awe. Now that you mention that, yeah...
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:09:59 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
To: AppyPappy
Various Twitter sources saying a fire started in a container of “Explosives” at the “Metalurgical Industrial” port.
That caused an acetylene transfer tank at the port to explode. Other Tweets say it was acetone/ketene.
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:10:23 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: FreeAtlanta
That’s a big one. Hard to guess on the cause and magnitude. But then the Chinese commonly put inherently dangerous plants in urban settings.
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posted on
08/12/2015 11:11:33 AM PDT
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JimSEA
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