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Jeff Head said:

Wow! I never knew. RIP to the fellow.

As you say then, he never had a chance.

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shen said:

That's the problem with smartphones. Too many people are so occupied with taking cool footage to share on social media, while ignoring the danger they put themselves in.

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Car Scoop said:

Besides the irreparable human damage, the explosions also caused significant losses to carmakers, as the port of Tianjin is one of China’s main entry points for imported cars. Thousands of vehicles from at least four automakers

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by the explosions.

Reports from Chinese media say nearly 2,750 vehicles were Volkswagens, as one of VW’s warehouse was located close to the site of the explosions.

The automaker said it did not yet have an official estimate of how many vehicles were destroyed.

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added that it will make deliveries via ports in Shanghai and Guangzhou while the Tianjin port is out of service and it is assessing the damage.

Other reports say about 4,000 Hyundai and Kia vehicles were destroyed by the blast (mostly expensive models), as well as some 1,500 Renaults. The damaged Renault vehicles have an estimated retail value of at least 210 million yuan ($33 million). The cars were in a warehouse, which caught fire and suffered severe damage, Renault confirmed.

Toyota also has lost a number of vehicles in the explosion, but the extent of the damage is not yet clear, the company said. US automakers haven’t reported damages so far.

The explosion at a factory in Tianjin, which left a mushroom cloud, devastated huge areas of the city’s port, which is the 10th largest in the world. Tianjin is also one of China’s biggest automobile shipping ports, handling vehicles destined for the northern parts of the country.

Imported cars are usually stored at the port before being sent off to various parts of the country.

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is a city of more than 15 million people, located about 75 miles (120 km) from Beijing.

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Jeff Head said:

WHOA!

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Hyundai and Kia - 4,000+ vehicles
Volkswagon - 2,750 vehicles
Rennault - 1,500 vehicles
Toyota - many f vehicles

Probably going to be upwards of 10,000 vehicles I bet before it is all over.

Probably end up being hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Guardian said:

Everyone within three kilometres of blast site in China urged to get out amid fears of poisoning by sodium cyanide as death toll rises to 85

Armed police are evacuating everyone within three kilometres (1.9 miles) of the Tianjin blast site in

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after fires reignited and seven to eight explosions rocked the area on Saturday, local media reported.

Hundreds of evacuees

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for the homeless in a nearby primary school were also being moved away, amid fears that highly toxic chemical sodium cyanide discovered at the site could lead to more casualties.

“Out of consideration for toxic substances spreading, the masses nearby have been asked to evacuate,” Xinhua said.

Fires broke out at 11.40am on Saturday at the Tianjin blast site, according to state media outlet Xinhua. Thick smoke and seven to eight blasts from at least three separate locations were heard at the scene. The state broadcaster CCTV reported that several cars had exploded in the nearby car park.

At 11am police saying they were acting on “orders from higher authorities” began instructing people within two kilometres of the epicentre to be promptly evacuated, said the Beijing News. “No people or vehicle allowed within the area,” the police officer reportedly said.

Why aren’t the names of the contract firefighters on the public list of missing, but the regular firefighters are?” one woman demanded to know according to another

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from the Southern People’s Weekly.

“No one with family in the number-five team has received anything,” the woman said, complaining about the paucity of information. “They’re only 18, 19 years old. The oldest is only 20 years old. They’re only children. They’re only youths!”

The identities of five deceased firefighters were revealed on Friday – the youngest was 21 years old. The ministry of public security’s fire department said it was the most casualties they had suffered since 1949.

The chaotic scenes followed a rare glimmer of hope on Friday when Chinese rescue teams

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Zhou Ti at the site of the blast more than 30 hours after it occurred. Reports emerged on Saturday that he was only 20 metres away from the epicentre of the explosion when he was found alive.

According to the latest official figures, 721 people have been admitted to hospital, including 25 in a critical condition, 33 people in intensive care, and 40 who have been discharged.

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Firefighter Close Calls said:

Friday, August 14, 2015 A firefighter trapped for more than 31 hours was rescued from the blast site in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, according to a city official and state media.At least 56 people — including 21 firefighters — were killed when two explosions erupted at around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday local time. Several firefighters are reportedly missing.

Gong Xian Shang, a Tianjin official, told a press conference that an individual had been rescued at 7:05 a.m. local time Friday (7:05 p.m. Thursday ET). No other details were provided.

The survivor was a 19-year-old firefighter named Zhou Ti, according to state media. China's state broadcaster CCTV said he received treatment for burns, smoke inhalation and an injured leg.

"Forces from all sides are searching for the (remaining) missing firefighters," Tianjin Fire Department head Zhou Tian said at a news conference early Friday, according to The Associated Press.

State news agency Xinhua said that a total of 701 people remained hospitalized after the blast and that more than a dozen firefighters were still missing.

Officials have not yet determined what chemicals were inside the warehouse facility which exploded, according to Xinhua.

Feng Yin Chang, a professor at Nankai University, told reporters Friday that air monitoring data show the air is safe for residents.

Tianjin is the world's 10th busiest container port in the world, according to the World Shipping Council, and in 2013 handled nearly as much volume as the port of Los Angeles and the port of New York and New Jersey combined.

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Jeff Head said:

Amid the horror of the ongoing disaster...there is hope:

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Pictures of him after being pulled away:

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