Tianjin Explosions Devastate Chinese Port (PHOTOS)
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Fire and smoke rise in Tianjin from a series of massive explosions at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city. Witnesses described a fireball from the blasts ripping through the night sky.
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Fire engines are seen at the site of the explosions at the Binhai new district, Tianjin, August 13, 2015. Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored, killing at least 44 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday.
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People wearing masks look on near the site of the explosions in the Binhai District.
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Firefighters take a break after trying to put fire down at the explosion site. The death toll from two huge explosions that tore through an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin more than doubled to 44, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
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A man wearing a mask walks past overturned shipping containers. Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin.
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An injured man evacuated from the residential area near the explosion site.
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Workers clean a road near the site of the explosions.
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A figurine of Maitreya Buddha is seen under a broken car window, near the site of the explosions.
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A firefighter works at the site near damaged vehicles as smoke rises from the debris after the explosions.
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Smoke rises from shipping containers after the explosions.
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