One of the fires started at an
automobile distribution site not far from the epicentre of the
blasts.
Three other fires were burning
within the core blast site, and rescue crews have been dispatched to the scene.
Sixty people are still missing
after the 12 August blasts, which also injured at least 700.
Thousands of people saw their
homes destroyed or made too unsafe to return to. Authorities have promised to compensate residents.
Toxic
substances
The blasts happened at a
warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in Tianjin
One of the new fires was
reported to be in the depot where at least 3,000 cars were incinerated and may have been caused by leaking fuel.
Officials say the blast site
is contaminated by more than 40 dangerous substances, among them the highly
toxic sodium cyanide.
Thousands of dead fish have
washed up in Tianjin
The Chinese authorities say
the fish were killed by low oxygen levels in the water - a seasonal occurrence.
However, many in the area
suspect the fish may have been killed by cyanide poisoning, the BBC's Celia
Hatton reports from Beijing
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-
WHEN- Not mention
WHAT- Four new fires are burning
WHY-Not
mention
WHERE- Tianjin
HOW-Not mention
1.
epicenter 震央
2.
dispatched 出動
3.
compensate 補償
4.
incinerated 焚燒
5.
sodium 鈉
6.
cyanide 氰化物
7.
authorities 當局
There were terrible explosions in Tianjin and causing fire. Many people were dead in the serious explosions. I think they should doing this thing more carefully to avoid these terrible accident. If it happened much more times, it will cause so many people died or injury. It is so bad if it happened.
回覆刪除This news is so terrified that i couldn't forget it.The accident scene was disaster,the place was full of car wreck and so many people dead. China would learn a lesson form the accident,and hope it would never happen again.
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