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China’s cabinet also ordered officials to “crack down unwaveringly on illegal activities to ensure safety”.

At a news conference Saturday, officials said those who died in Wednesday’s blasts included at least 21 firefighters.

Many of them have been shifted to makeshift camps in nearby localities amid fears over the spread of toxic chemicals in the area. A total of 721 were injured, of whom 25 are still in critical condition. Residents living a few kilometers away from the blast site reported feeling...

Greenpeace said exposure or skin contact with the hazardous materials will put firefighters and rescue workers at risk.

State news agency Xinhua identified the owner of the warehouse as Tianjin Dongjiang Port Ruihai worldwide Logistics.

An environmental expert says evacuation of the area around Wednesdays mammoth warehouse blast in the Chinese port city of Tianjin is the “main priority, ” and warned of the explosions long term consequences.

At least 56 are known dead, among them 21 firefighters, but many are still missing, including dozens of employees of the company that owed the warehouse, according to Xinhua. Authorities said the toll could have been much higher if the disaster hit a more populated area. The...

The death toll included at least 21 firefighters, the highest for a single rescue mission since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, Xinhua reported.

The survivor, who was pulled out 32 hours after the twin explosions shattered the economic hub, was identified as a 19-year-old firefighter named Zhou Ti who belongs to the Binhai New Area brigade of Tianjin’s fire department.

The death toll in Wednesday’s inferno and blasts that devastated industrial and residential zones has climbed to 85, including 21 firefighters – making the disaster the deadliest for Chinese firefighters in more than six decades.

The rugged firefighters have emerged as the new soldiers to fight deadly industrial fires in China in the last two decades as the country ramped up manufacturing.

The firefighters initially sent to the scene were “investigating and testing” the area and their reinforcements were arriving when the first blast hit “all of a sudden”, Zhou Tian, head of the Tianjin firefighting bureau, told a briefing Friday.

Fires broke out at the blast site in the Chinese port city at 11:40 a.m. local time Saturday, according to state news agency Xinhua.

Major explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Wednesday evening has grabbed the world’s attention for the past couple of days as news of its cause, casualties, and possible government negligence continues to unfold. Majority were caught off guard by the second one,...

He also described regaining consciousness and seeing what he described as fire rain falling from the sky.