Massive Explosion in Tianjin, China - Cause Unknown

[SKR]Phoenix · 13 Aug 2015 at 11:42

Come across this video which starts from the initial fire, then you see the two massive explosions. I think most other vids are from just after the first explosion. Horrific!

new boy · 13 Aug 2015 at 12:05

WOW. You really get a sense of just how loud the explosion was from that vid.

memyselfandi · 13 Aug 2015 at 12:51

Sin_Chase said:
Nearby cars...gives you a sense of scale of the nearby devastation something like that causes.

That'll T-Cut out .....

Nate Silvers · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:07

IronWarrior · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:13

Well what to say other then China makes the best fireworks.

TriedandTested · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:16

TriedandTested · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:16

Scougar · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:27

^^^ Bet that was a pant wetting moment. Wonder what happened to the person filming!?

doofer · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:30

It's a wonder they haven't found either Putin or Assad's completely undamaged Passport close to the epicentre...

[SKR]Phoenix · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:32

[SKR]Phoenix;28434399 said:
Come across this video which starts from the initial fire, then you see the two massive explosions. I think most other vids are from just after the first explosion. Horrific!

Going back to this vid, after the second explosion, you can see it rain down debris, then a new fire starts to the left away from the explosion. I am pretty sure this is all those cars going up in flames! Literally takes seconds.

Edit: 1 minute mark.

IronWarrior · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:35

doofer said:
It's a wonder they haven't found either Putin or Assad's completely undamaged Passport close to the epicentre...

I was thinking that ISIL might have said they did it.

squerble · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:35

Scougar said:
^^^ Bet that was a pant wetting moment. Wonder what happened to the person filming!?

Dead. Apparently this guy was livestreaming, and that's fire and wall and pavement heading towards him at high speed - I can't see him having survived tbh. Plus that's the first explosion, the second is supposedly 7x more powerful.

Rroff · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:43

Scougar said:
^^^ Bet that was a pant wetting moment. Wonder what happened to the person filming!?

Its not quite "as bad" as it looks - the shockwave is travelling fast down the narrow alley ways between the buildings, etc. taking everything light weight with it making it look like the building are coming apart more than they are... still a good chance of serious injury or death though.

Kanifee · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:44

It looks catastrophic, the video of the man in the back ally just looks insanely scarey.

It almost looks as if it was from a found footage movie, unbelievable!

Mat · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:47

TriedandTested said:
Aftermath

Looks like something from a Terminator movie!

BBC says dead up to 50 and injured up to 700

Liquiduk · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:09

A disaster of unspeakable magnitude! Let's just hope this was an accident and not something malicious which it could well be

dbmzk1 · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:13

Why doesn't anyone in China have a decent camera?! They make them all!!!

Mat · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:17

snips86x · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:26

[SKR]Phoenix;28434399 said:
Come across this video which starts from the initial fire, then you see the two massive explosions. I think most other vids are from just after the first explosion. Horrific!

new boy said:
WOW. You really get a sense of just how loud the explosion was from that vid.

Oh dear god!!

That's some power but equally awful!

SonniLombardi · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:39

Holy ****

The shock wave on that video above! ^