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Enormous fiery explosions thundered through a warehouse storing hazardous goods in China’s northeast port city of Tianjin late Wednesday, the police and state news media reported, killing at least seven people, sending dozens to hospitals and causing extensive damage.
Xinhua said an initial blast originated at a warehouse in Tianjin’s Binhai District at around 11:30 p.m. and set off “further explosions in companies nearby.”
“The shock waves were felt kilometers away, with some residents claiming their window glass and fish tanks shattered,” Xinhua said.
The Beijing News said on its website that between 300 and 400 people had been hospitalized, but that figure could not be immediately confirmed.
Tianjin, a major industrial port of more than seven million people on the Bohai Bay, is about 90 miles east of Beijing.