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[RadioactiveLobster]

Is that water that brokes the fence /wall? Or maybe a liquid chemical? Or is how smoke looks at high speed?

Isn't the explosion also coming from the ground? Maybe a pipe?

Looks to me to just be dust/dirt and air turbulence from the shockwave (you can see similar stuff on the buildings on the right when they get hit by the shockwave)

Very fast moving air creates low pressure, this causes the air to condense into water vapor basically instantly. Basically instant cloud.

 

[DrForester]

No way only seven people died from that. Horrifying sight.

 

[Footos22]

Is that water that brokes the fence /wall? Or maybe a liquid chemical? Or is how smoke looks at high speed?

That's Laundry, not a wall.

 

[LoveCake]

There is a big LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant in Tianjin port, i wonder if this was the cause of the big second explosion?

http://en.yibada.com/articles/7628/...ng-natural-gas-plant-in-tianjin-completed.htm

The terminal, covering an expanse of 75 hectares, is designed to supply 3 billion cubic meters of gas annually. It can provide imported liquefied natural gas to cities such as Beijing and Tianjin, according to CNOOC.

 

[TheOGB]

Good lord that is horrifying

 

[Kadin]

Not sure if this angle was posted yet. So scary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1aHADL2a24#t=71

And again with that second explosion at 0:43.... insane. And then the roar shortly following after makes it even worse.

 

[Acrylic7]

Man thats bad.
Natural Gas maybe, or some kind of plant?

 

[Clefargle]

Christ this is horrific, I'm so sorry for everyone in that city

 

[IAmRandom31]

I thought that first part was the explosion and was like oh man he missed it then BOOOOOOOOOOOM

WOW

wtf happened? anyone even within miles could of been injured/killed by something that large and lord knows the debris had to be falling all over.

 

[Marky Mark]

It's hard to imagine how that could've been posted so quickly if he wasn't.

Periscope?

That video is absolutely ridiculous... :/

 

[Miracle]

Wow...It looks like a screen shot for a Fallout game.

Just terrible. I hope no one was in that building.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Land of the rising sun.

 

[Randam]

Land of the rising sun.

yeah, Exo, that would be japan and not China.

 

[Miracle]

No way only seven people died from that. Horrifying sight.

Will we truly ever know the real count for something like this? That's probably the worst part.

 

[Abounder]

Chinese army setting up field hospitals, via twitter:

 

[7aged]

I'm less optimistic than others here about the damage and casualties. The explosions didn't happen at a faraway refinery/petrochemical complex or bulk terminal, it was at the Beijingang area of the port, which is very close to the urban area.

In fact the urban area has encroached inside. There are commercial and residential developments less than a block away from the suspected point of origin of the accident! Which is all pretty sad when you consider that the port and the whole Binhai SEZ is a greenfield masterplanned development that's only about 20 years old.

BTW I believe the shell of a building in the burnt car photos is the HQ of the port fire department ironically. This is it before:

 

[FUME5]

That is terrifying.

 

[Breakage]

Fuck, those vids made me jump.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

I saw this topic hours ago but didn't post, holy shit!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

The fallout from that is way more than four people.

 

[roflwaffles]

This is horrible

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

Will we truly ever know the real count for something like this? That's probably the worst part.

How is that remotely close to the worst part?

 

[params7]

Apparently a supercomputer facility was wiped out too.

 

[The Beard]

Why so many VW Beetles?

 

[Valkerionseven]

Why so many VW Beetles?

Factory/Warehouse area. Most likely new assemblies.

 

[Lashley]

Will we truly ever know the real count for something like this? That's probably the worst part.

Yeah, that's the worst part.

Not people, y'know, dying.

 

[GK86]

Holy shit. That shockwave was crazy. I hope people are safe.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

I'm less optimistic than others here about the damage and casualties. The explosions didn't happen at a faraway refinery/petrochemical complex or bulk terminal, it was at the Beijingang area of the port, which is very close to the urban area.

In fact the urban area has encroached inside. There are commercial and residential developments less than a block away from the suspected point of origin of the accident! Which is all pretty sad when you consider that the port and the whole Binhai SEZ is a greenfield masterplanned development that's only about 20 years old.

BTW I believe the shell of a building in the burnt car photos is the HQ of the port fire department ironically. This is it before:

I think you're right...

 

[Grazzt]

Some more pics. Damn this is so terrifying.

 

[D23]

Holy shit at that pic

 

[fluffydelusions]

Just wow. That's terrible

 

[ibitegirls]

W T F

damn

 

[Divvy]

That is some horrifying destruction. Hopefully, having occurred at night, there were minimal people in the area.

 

[CTLance]

Those daytime pics... oh man.

Gotta say though that there's surprisingly few fires left. Which is definitely good news.

 

[freethoughtbubble]

My god, those pictures. The scale of it all is horrifying.

 

[forgrim]

Man when I stayed in Tianjin I stayed at the Sheraton close to the blast site. That woulda freaked the shit out of me and or me running for my life

 

[Slayer-33]

Some more pics. Damn this is so terrifying.

Fucking fuck

 

[fluffydelusions]

fuckin ell
http://image.bjnews.com.cn/2015/08/1090.html#p=059F46E135F0

 

[Gattsu25]

These images/gifs are the things of nightmares.. Utterly horrifying

 

[Bornstellar]

Really puts in perspective how unimaginable something like Hiroshima still is.

 

[Pocky4Th3Win]

Holy Shit, Looks like a bomb was dropped.

 

[Walpurgis]

Yeah, I noticed that you quickly moved along to claiming that what was an clearly a new-car storage yard at the port facility was evidence of residential housing. (Oh, all the families!) Are you consciously trying to inject unwarranted melodrama into this thread, or are you just oblivious to how the world actually works?

Less posting, more thinking.

Get a grip dude. If you can't handle this thread, stay out of it.

 

[superseohyun]

this seems to be the building of the company responsible for the container.

 

[Walpurgis]

this seems to be the building of the company responsible for the container.

I can't believe it's still standing.

 

[Ihyll]

What the hell where they storing there to make such a devastating explosion?

 

[Walpurgis]

What the hell where they storing there to make such a devastating explosion?

I think I read something about ethanol. Maybe a huge tank of it ignited.

 

[legacyzero]

Wow.... Sorta reminds me of the Texas Fertilizer plant that blew up in 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pWhjAAellI

 

[7aged]

What the hell where they storing there to make such a devastating explosion?

Explosives, according to some reports.

I think I read something about ethanol. Maybe a huge tank of it ignited.

Unlikely, no tank farms near the explosion site.

 

[DrForester]

Amazing thing about those videos is you know the shock wave is coming, but I don't think the people recording expected it. Just the light, and seconds later, BOOM!

 

[superseohyun]

According to the local fire department, so far 36 firefighters lost contact, 33 injured, 2 died.