13 reported dead, 300 injured, after blast rocks busy Chinese port

the UK report said it happened at a petro depot....I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.

A couple of the videos claiming to show footage of the explosion...
Translation:Tianjin Tanggu port city exploded! Casualties unknown .....
Translation: Burst! Sign Tianjin Tanggu catastrophic moment rising mushroom cloud blast site

a reply to: asen_y2k

Does jade helm stretch that far? Wow!

a reply to: asen_y2k

Not at all, I hope since that's very early speculation that it isn't true, depending on the scale there would need to be evacuations surely? Either way, not good at all

Preliminary: 100s reportedly injured. Flammable cargo shipment exploded at port, setting off a chain reaction.

www.rt.com...

a reply to: Urantia1111

China manufactures more than "fireworks".

(rolling my eyes!!!!)

looks like a hydrazine rocket fuel explosion similar to the one that blew up in the US
years ago, I think it was in Arizona. I say that only because of the size and forcefulness of the explosion.
Maybe the fireworks factory was its cover. Maybe the bottle rocket plant made real rocket fuel.

LiveLeak is claiming it's a fuel depot.

Fuel Depot in China Explosion caught on video

Update 1: New report stated it started at a storage facility for volatile materials. The huge explosion is a result of chain reaction.

Approx. 23:40 China Central Time a fuel depot in the city of Tianjin, just south of Beijing, exploded. The fire ball lit up the sky and massive shockwaves caused significant damage in immediate surrounding areas.

a reply to: highfromphoenix


Exactly,

Probably an Apple watch factory, trying to get rid of all the extra watches that they don't need because of the poor sales.

a reply to: asen_y2k

Not good. Hope it's not also a toxic fume scenario, that could totally ravage thousands more.

a reply to: CranialSponge

Thank you for the info.

I hope the injured recover quickly.

originally posted by: MisterSpock
a reply to: highfromphoenix


Exactly,

Probably an Apple watch factory, trying to get rid of all the extra watches that they don't need because of the poor sales.

If people were not injured it might have been funny.

People did get hurt. Not funny.

originally posted by: highfromphoenix
a reply to: darkbake

I saw something fall from the sky followed by a huge explosion.

Hmmm....

Edit - how many casualties?

something fell from the sky??

Dam, that's one big explosion. Hope not many are hurt in this. It did make me jump the first time I saw it. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.

originally posted by: kellyjay

originally posted by: highfromphoenix
a reply to: darkbake

I saw something fall from the sky followed by a huge explosion.

Hmmm....

Edit - how many casualties?

something fell from the sky??

Maybe it was from the initial explosion watch the video.

originally posted by: highfromphoenix
a reply to: darkbake

I saw something fall from the sky followed by a huge explosion.

Hmmm....

Edit - how many casualties?

What point in the video did you see that?

originally posted by: highfromphoenix
Is this a U.S. retaliation for the pentagon hack?

The U.S. claimed it was a Russian hack but....send a message?

That is a really naive statement. To think that the US would retaliate with military action out of the blue is absolutely insane.

Oh and to the OP, why you use RT as a source is beyond me. There are without a doubt better sources to use with more accurate and less politically influenced information.

This looks like a reverse angle to most of what's been posted, maybe across that harbor? Very loud, needless to say.
youtu.be...

a reply to: Reallyfolks

I made the comment after I viewed the video provided by the member on the third post of this thread.

How sad for those who were in the area when that happened. The magnitude of the blast was gigantic. I am going to stayed tuned to see what they think happened.