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August 12, 2015
Enormous Explosion Rocks Tianjin, a Port City SE of Beijing
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This was either the explosion of a ship carrying, well, explosives, per the Guardian, or, per the BBC, the explosion of a petroleum refinery.
The latest state claim is that it was a warehouse containing expolsives.
There is, as the BBC's clip of a report from China says, "confusion" as to the cause.
50 people were injured. Two firefighters are missing. This occurred in Tianjin, a port city to the southeast of Beijing.
Update: 300 injured now.