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China explosion: City of Shandong rocked as huge blast rips through chemical factory
The Mirror ^ | 8/31/15 | Alex Wellman

Posted on 08/31/2015 12:38:31 PM PDT by Kartographer

A massive explosion has ripped through a region in China.

Bright flames and black smoke were seen from what is thought to be a chemical factory this evening.

The explosion was seen and heard in the industrial zone of Lijin, Dongying City of Shandong, just before 11.30pm local time.

It is not yet known if there are any injuries or fatalities.

The explosion was reported by the People's Daily newspaper - the Communist Party-owned publication.

No further details have yet been released.

The blast comes just a fortnight after another huge explosion in the country killed dozens and injured hundreds.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: chemicalexplosion; china; explosion; shandong
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To: Kartographer

Sure is curious. 3 warehouses, 3 nasty explosions in a short time span. Makes one wonder, could it be a traveling pyromaniac? Or a commonplace compound found in storage, gone unstable? Worker error x3, doubtful. Damn good conversation fuel for conspiracy theorists everywhere.


81 posted on 08/31/2015 5:28:26 PM PDT by W. (Get a rope. Now.)
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To: W.

Two sources for the today’s explosion:

The Twitter account for People’s Daily reported Monday night’s explosion, as did state radio. Dongying’s population is about two million.

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/31/major-explosion-reported-in-dongying-china.html


82 posted on 08/31/2015 5:31:55 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: Kartographer

If one was trying to pick a fight with China?


83 posted on 08/31/2015 5:37:08 PM PDT by Slambat
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To: Kartographer

I’m surprised that no one has quoted Goldfinger.

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action’.”


84 posted on 08/31/2015 5:40:03 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: lucky american

Insiders warning Xi to back off with the anti-corruption and privatizations. It’s not to hard to blow up a chemical plant with a well timed car bomb or ignition source. Xi has made many enemies.

Chinese elite politics is pure cut throat and sometimes life and death.


85 posted on 08/31/2015 5:43:02 PM PDT by sunrise_sunset
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To: henkster

A good friend of mine works for Dow Agrosciences. He says they are getting killed by cheap Chinese fertilizers being dumped on the American market.


That is funny because Dow is heavy invested overseas and in the left hip pocket of the Obama administration.

I guess Dow gets what they support.....


86 posted on 08/31/2015 5:43:13 PM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: henkster

they simply have so many “workers”...that they don’t care at all about the safety of any of them...or the safety of the people they sell their junk to.


87 posted on 08/31/2015 5:49:37 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Kartographer

“Someone set us up the bomb?”


88 posted on 08/31/2015 5:54:07 PM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: PGR88

I think debt-forgiveness in China comes at the end of a rope.


89 posted on 08/31/2015 6:12:16 PM PDT by Guardian Sebastian (Mother of God, pray for us and our country.)
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To: Kartographer
Where is Shandong?
90 posted on 08/31/2015 6:16:24 PM PDT by sefarkas (Why vote Democrat Lite?)
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To: EEGator

A depiction of what they might look like.


91 posted on 08/31/2015 6:21:32 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta
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To: sefarkas

Good question. That explosion must have wiped it right off the map...


92 posted on 08/31/2015 6:41:43 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Hail Obambi, our Deer Leader)
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To: Kartographer

Are we dangerous here ?


93 posted on 08/31/2015 8:08:29 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Ticonderoga34
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action’.”

It depends.


94 posted on 08/31/2015 8:25:05 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Ticonderoga34

Are those 50 N. Korean submarines still missing?

Big Media had no interest. Last report of that looks to be about 6 days old.


95 posted on 08/31/2015 8:52:34 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: lucky american

Yes, that’s very weird.


96 posted on 08/31/2015 11:18:54 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: conservativepoet; Kartographer; All

Here is another report which also says 1 person is dead.

http://shanghaiist.com/2015/09/01/1-dead-explosion-hits-another-chemical-plant-shandong.php


97 posted on 08/31/2015 11:58:11 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: sefarkas; Kartographer; conservativepoet; All

Here is an early report of Images for Lijin/Shandong. As you go down the list, most are still for last month’s Tianjin disaster, but keep going back, and also look for some maps to show up, which will show location.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Lijin,+shandong,+chemical+explosion&num=50&newwindow=1&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CHcQsARqFQoTCJyr3bGc1ccCFUgcPgodaRoLHA&biw=1600&bih=799


98 posted on 09/01/2015 12:04:34 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: conservativepoet; Kartographer; All

And here is one with a lot of Comments with all kinds of conspiracy theories and other links.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-31/china-rocked-another-massive-chemical-explosion-peoples-daily-reports


99 posted on 09/01/2015 12:54:10 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

sorry for being obtuse

I made a URL link in my earlier post to the map I found on-line illustrating where Shandong is. It’d be silly to simply post a question that can be quickly answered with BING.


100 posted on 09/01/2015 4:13:53 AM PDT by sefarkas (Why vote Democrat Lite?)
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