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The announcement by the Tianjin city government said there was no hope of finding the eight people and the court would start issuing death certificates.
“After thorough investigations by all parties it is certain that there is no possibility of survivors,” said a statement on Friday night.
The eight include five firefighters, underscoring the explosion’s status as the worst disaster for Chinese first responders, more than 100 of whom were killed, including police officers. Among firefighters a total of 104 were killed.
Investigations into the 12 August blasts at the Ruihai International Logistics warehouses showed they were located closer to homes than permitted, and stored much more hazardous material than authorised, including 700 tonnes of highly toxic sodium cyanide.
A series of massive explosions late at night shattered windows and tore facades off buildings for miles around, while launching debris including heavy steel storage canisters into nearby communities with the force of an artillery shell. Homeowners have held protests demanding the government buy back their apartments, saying they are unliveable.
The disaster has raised questions about corruption and government efficiency, potentially tarnishing the government led by Xi Jinping, who has made those two issues a hallmark of his administration.
Authorities are investigating malfeasance in the issuing of permits and regulation of the company, and have detained 12 of its employees and executives. They include the primary owner, who was on the board of a state-owned company and kept his ownership of Ruihai hidden as a silent partner.
Also detained as part of the investigation are 11 government officials, while the head of the government body in charge of industrial safety, Yang Dongliang, has been placed under investigation for corruption.
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Yang had previously worked for 18 years in Tianjin in state industry and local government, rising to executive vice mayor.
Authorities say they have sealed all waterways leading out of the blast zone to curb cyanide contamination as teams in hazmat suits clean up hazardous debris.
According to the Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau, water samples inside the disaster zone have shown levels of cyanide as high as 20 times above that considered safe. No cyanide has been detected in nearby seawater or areas outside the 1.8-mile (three-kilometre) radius quarantine zone.
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WHO-Tianjin residents
WHEN-2015
WHAT-explosion
WHY-Inflammable
WHERE-Tianjin
HOW-Sadness
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hazardous 有危險的；碰運氣的
debris 殘骸；碎片
insist 堅決主張；堅持
industry 勤勉；工業
executive 實施的；行政的；有執行權的http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/12/tianjin-explosion-china-sets-final-death-toll-at-173-ending-search-for-survivors
It is so terrible! I saw the video. It's a really scared events. I thought it just likes a hell.
回覆刪除It caused a lot of people died from this accident,including firefighters and police officers. It's tragedy.
回覆刪除I have watched the video for times. It was so horrible. Such thing may happen in Taiwan, so we should take some actions to prevent it from happening.
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