Rescuers, Investigators Scour the Rubble after Devastating Blast in Tianjin, China
More than 50 killed, hundreds injured in explosions at hazardous chemical company.
This bustling port city about a 90-minute drive from the Chinese capital confronted scenes of death and devastation on Thursday — huge gray plumes of smoke, vast parking lots of charred vehicles, blocks of high-rises with blown-out windows — and questions about what had caused the terrifying explosions at a warehouse storing a witches’ brew of toxic chemicals.
As the fatalities reached 50 from the blasts on Wednesday night, rescue workers combed the rubble of the city’s flattened warehouse district for bodies while hundreds of people crowded hospitals. Throughout the day, hundreds more lined up to donate blood in the wilting heat.
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