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State radio said in a Weibo microblog post that a single blast occurred at a chemical plant in the city shortly before midnight, according to Reuters. On Monday, authorities said the death toll from that blast had risen to 158, with 15 people still missing.

New fires have repeatedly broken out on the site, which is scattered with smouldering chemicals and flammable substances, the official Xinhua news agency said.

About 6,300 people have been displaced by the blasts and around 720 people were injured, including 33 who are in a serious condition.

“One person has been killed and nine injured after an explosion at a chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province, state media report”.

Dead fish are seen on the banks of Haihe river in Tianjin.

Authorities warned that cyanide levels in the waters around the Tianjin Port explosion site have risen to as much as 356 times acceptable levels although they declared that the city’s drinking water is safe.

A dozen fire engines and 150 firefighters extinguished the blaze about 1:50 am Sunday at the Runxing Chemical Technology Company in the Shandong province city of Zibo, the Xinhua news agency said.

A total of 150 firefighters from the city’s fire brigade are battling the blaze.

At least 121 people were killed while another 54 remain unaccounted for in Tianjin, the AP says.

An explosion has been reported at a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Shandong, according to media reports.

They also removed toxic chemicals from the soil.

The company whose warehouse exploded in Tianjin, killing more than one hundred and devastating the port area, was licensed to handle unsafe chemicals at the time of the blasts, but suspicions have been raised over its certificates.[Special coverage]. Officials have assured the...

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Prosecutors in Tianjin said earlier they were investigating two senior officials from Binhai district on suspicion of corruption, although they did not specify whether the charges were linked to the blasts.

Insurance companies that will receive claims related to the deadly twin blasts that rocked the northern port city of Tianjin should immediately process the claim and provide support, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) announced.