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[Khalifa Jayy]

Initial explosion video? Or second view of second explosion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSjif0gcufM

MASSIVE

 

[ElTorro]

no word yet on what the hell did the exploding?

Apparently a petroleum facility.

 

[orochi91]

Like something straight out of Godzilla; what a massive explosion!

Apparently a petroleum facility.

Death toll must be in the 100s if that's the case.

 

[Cornbread78]

Holy CRAP.. Damn..

 

[PeskyToaster]

damn, did not expect that.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

God almighty. My condolences to those who've died.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Seeing huge explosions like this makes me wonder how crazy a nuke must be.

Well, a nuke leaves only shadows of people and objects http://nowiknow.com/nuclear-shadows/ .
So it is indeed something unimaginable even in comparison to something like this.

 

[FtsH]

My bad, here's the other angle vid.

https://twitter.com/Holbornlolz/status/631512568243331072

damn that shock wave...

 

[GulAtiCa]

My bad, here's the other angle vid.

https://twitter.com/Holbornlolz/status/631512568243331072

Wow!

 

[RotBot]

Incoming posts from Youku:

http://www.soku.com/search_video/q_天津_orderby_2

 

[kurahador]

Goddamn that shockwave.

 

[jmdajr]

fuck that's huge

 

[Anne]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

 

[Szu]

It's unreal. It feels like something from a movie.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Incoming posts from Youku:

http://www.soku.com/search_video/q_天津_orderby_2

each as scary as the last

 

[RotBot]

First English news reports coming in:
http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/08/12/explosion-reported-in-tianjin-china
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/massive-explosion-reported-in-chinese-city-of-tianjin

 

[Socreges]

A good reminder that light travels faster than sound etc

 

[xKilltheMx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deLLq60lZaA

Doing gods work thanks man.

That's insane. I hope that 40 deaths number is just an over estimate.

 

[Hilti92]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

Holy ducking shit. The first video with the explosion shooting at the cameraman.

 

[redlegs87]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

The first clip in there looks like something out of Independence Day or something.

 

[Sawneeks]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

Holy shit the first 10 seconds.

 

[cirrhosis]

Holy ducking shit. The first video with the explosion shooting at the cameraman.

Looks like a building disintegrated in that first one.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

oh my god those poor people.

 

[Lightning Count]

I can only imagine the lethal toxins that would be released into the atmosphere as a result of this.

Unless they have some serious containment measures in place, there will be a huge bodycount.

 

[Kinyou]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

Holy crap

 

[stufte]

Looks like something straight out of a terminator movie.

 

[jelly]

It almost doesn't look real. That camera guy in those first few seconds, that's like hell coming at you.

 

[Akuun]

Jesus fucking christ.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Unless they have some serious containment measures in place, there will be a huge bodycount.

This is the same country that has been dumping toxic waste directly into the ocean for decades

 

[jmdajr]

Holy crap

Doesn't seem real

 

[CraigerGamer]

Looks like a building disintegrated in that first one.

Hopefully that was a camera mounted to a building and not someone holding it.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

First video - RIP Camera man.

 

[The Albatross]

Damn, tragedy, hopefully not too many victims.

These videos are unreal.

 

[fuzzyset]

I can't imagine only 40 die. Tianjin is the 10th most populated city with nearly 10mil. China's population always shocks me.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=most+populous+cities+in+china compared to http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=most+populous+cities+in+usa

 

[adj_noun]

First it looks like an early scene from Cloverfield.

Then it's a frigging A-bomb.

 

[thenight11]

Matt Simon ‏@MSimonTV 29s29 seconds ago
Explaining why you're only seeing amateur video of #Tianjin - entire area sealed by cops and fire. No one - incl media- allowed in

 

[Mandelbo]

That's way bigger than I was expecting it to be - if the shockwave was that noticeable that far away then I dread to think what it was like for people closer to it.

 

[Shuggananas]

China should really keep up to date with safety measure but I guess that costs money

 

[Blablurn]

Shit.

Imagine you wake up in the night to this explosion.

 

[Laekon]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

At 0:05-0:06 you see something get blown straight at the camera. Scary shit.

 

[ShaneDude]

Looks like big trouble.

Shame on you

 

[Anne]

I should restate my warning from earlier, it's real intense and graphic, I wasn't saying that to say it, it might be too much for some people.

It seems pretty bad, seen pics on twitter of houses for kilometers out with windows busted out and so on. It's really devastating.

Edit: I'd be careful with the unspoilered gif btw

 

[Gonzalez]

Matt Simon ‏@MSimonTV 29s29 seconds ago
Explaining why you're only seeing amateur video of #Tianjin - entire area sealed by cops and fire. No one - incl media- allowed in

Well if they are trying to cover up an incident, it isn't working.

 

[R.D.Blax]

Video with a few different angles I saw on twitter. Warning, it gets really intense and you might hear panic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfen9rjfvI&feature=youtu.be

... Please tell me the first cameraman is alive

 

[Rad-]

God damn at the explosions.

 

[Burt]

... Please tell me the first cameraman is alive

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

 

[backflip10019]

Holy fucking shit. That video is terrifying.

 

[Shuggananas]

Well if they are trying to cover up an incident, it isn't working.

Or maybe they're trying to save people and prevent more deaths ?

 

[SmartWaffles]

http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:68091c622008625c693a7f761ace170e
This is the original video of the close up. The chance of the one who took it surviving is... slim.

Well if they are trying to cover up an incident, it isn't working.

It is literally mid of the night here and people's lives are at stake.

 

[ebullientprism]

Holy fuck. :O