[RayChuang88]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the real death toll could be well over 1,000 people. That second explosion—which had the explosive yield of 21 tons of TNT—essentially flattened several city blocks. The fact it happened at night meant any apartment complexes located nearby that were flattened were full of people.

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• more incredible raw footage of blast, up close and personal

• raw video footage of aftermath Ends with image of vacated truck with turn signal still blinking under bridge, the boxcar twisted from truck. China.org reports

  "Executives of company responsible for blasts in police custody

  Company executives of Richsea International Logistics, whose warehouse caused the two blasts in Tianjin, have been taken into police custody, pending further inquiries