Second blast hits Tianjin as warehouse explodes
There were no deaths or injuries reported in Monday’s blast, which occurred about 11:30 p.m.at an approximately 5,300-square-foot warehouse storing ethanol in Tianjin’s Beichen District in Xiditou Township, according to a news brief posted to the Chinese news website Sohu.
Beijing:An explosion rocked a warehouse in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, two months after the massive twin blasts thrilled the city killing more than 100 people and injuring hundreds.
Police received a report of an explosion at 9.46 pm local time (1346 GMT), but by the early hours of Tuesday morning the fire had been put out and no casualties had yet been reported, it said.
The 500-square-meter chemical warehouse involved in the fire is reported to have been unlicensed and had been illegally rented from a local resident. A blast hit a warehouse for alcohol supplies within the city Monday. night and began a fire.
Investigations into the August. 12 blasts at the Ruihai worldwide Logistics warehouses showed they were located closer to homes than permitted, and stored much more hazardous material than authorized, including 700 tons of highly toxic sodium cyanide.
China’s Internet buzzed with speculation regarding the explosion.
Air pollution measurements were within safe levels and the incident posed no risks to health, officials said.