Huge explosions have rocked the port city of Tianjin in northeast China. Chinese state media reported that seven people were killed in the blasts and hundreds are injured. Two firefighters are missing.
The latest state media reports say that there were two explosions caused by a fire that began at a container terminal at the Tianjin port, which handles the transport of hazardous goods. The fire started at 10:50 p.m. local time caused two powerful explosions that happened within 30 seconds of each other. More than 100 fire trucks were sent to the scene and were able to put out the fire.
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