Posted on 08/15/2015 1:02:53 PM PDT by wtd
Civilians in temporary shelter relocated after wind-change warning, state media says
BEIJING—Authorities on Saturday ordered residents to leave the vicinity of the deadly warehouse blasts in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin, amid concerns over airborne chemical pollutants and fresh fires at the scene.
Civilians resettled at a temporary shelter near the blasts, which killed at least 104 people and injured more than 700 others, were transferred to another location after officials received warning of changes in wind direction, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said.
Several other Chinese media outlets—including Beijing News, a leading commercial newspaper—said authorities ordered an evacuation of an area within a 1.9-mile radius of the blast site over fears of toxic gases emitted from hazardous chemicals. However, state broadcaster China Central Television cited officials as saying that they ordered a shifting of some personnel and the rescue command center, rather than a general evacuation.
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Authorities on Saturday ordered residents to leave the vicinity of the deadly warehouse blasts in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin, amid concerns over airborne chemical pollutants and fresh fires at the scene.
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Orders for a large-scale evacuation of the neighborhoods closest to the blast were quickly rescinded, underscoring the government’s halting efforts to cope with one of China’s worst industrial accidents in recent years.
All those toxins are being collected for future products going to the USA.
sounds like the makings of a horror movie.
This really is the sort of thing you might see if you had a really bad nightmare, but it is all too real.
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