2015 Tianjin China : Huge Explosion - RAW FOOTAGE

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07 May 2016

On 12 August 2015, at least two explosions within 30 seconds of each other occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China.[4][5] The cause of the explosions was not immediately known, but initial reports pointed to an industrial accident.[5] Chinese state media said that at least the initial blast was from unknown hazardous materials in shipping containers at a plant warehouse owned by Ruihai Logistics,[6] a firm specializing in handling hazardous materials.[4]

Damage
Photographs and videos show extensive destruction in the area around the warehouse.[20][21] The explosions were photographed from space by the Japanese satellite Himawari.[22] The buildings of seven logistics companies were destroyed, along with more than eight thousand new cars in a nearby parking lot.[23][24] Apartment blocks 2 km (1.2 mi) from the site sustained shattered glass, the loss of roof tiles and damage to ceilings.[19]

Nearby Donghai Road Station suffered severe damage as a result of the explosions and is closed indefinitely. Line 9 of Tianjin Metro was closed down on August 13.

The Tianhe-1A supercomputer was shut down after the National Supercomputing Center of Tianjin was damaged by the blasts. The computer was not damaged and was still functional.[25]

Pollution
There were at least 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide stored at the site,[26] and leakage has been found in the sewer.[27][28] On Thursday, officials detected the toxic gases sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides within 500 m (1,600 ft) of the origin of the explosion, but the levels conformed with national standards. The gases were undetected 2 km (1.2 mi) from the fire.[10]