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Saturday, August 15, 2015

China explosions: police order mass evacuations amid further blasts

Everyone within three kilometres of blast site in China urged to get out amid fears of poisoning by sodium cyanide as death toll rises to 104

Fires continue to burn at the site of the original explosions in Tianjin. Photograph: Yue Yuewei/Xinhua Press/Corbis


Fergus Ryan in Beijing-Saturday 15 August 2015
Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of everyone within three kilometres (1.9 miles) of the Tianjin blast site due to fears of chemical contamination after fires reignited and several explosions rocked the area on Saturday, local media reported.

Chinese authorities increased the evacuation zone surrounding the blast site in Tianjin after fires reignited