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Man found alive just 50 metres from epicentre of massive China blast

Residents around the explosion site have been evacuated now after highly-poisonous sodium cyanide was found

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IMAGES ON CHINESE television have shown a man they report was rescued today just 50 metres from the epicentre of a blast that killed at least 85 people and injured 700.

The blast devastated the surroundings of the industrial facilities and sparked fears about chemical pollutants in the air. Military chemical weapons experts who had been drafted in to help deal with the disaster discovered the man alive close to the epicentre of the explosion.

The extent of the man’s injuries are unclear at present. It comes as residents around the site of the giant explosion in Tianjin were evacuated over fears of highly-poisonous sodium cyanide.

Armed police were carrying out the evacuation after sodium cyanide was found at the site, the Beijing News said. At a barrier on the edge of the evacuation zone masks were distributed to emergency personnel and police turned back anyone else, as at least 20 fire engines streamed in.

Officials said earlier that specialists from sodium cyanide producers were being sent in to the devastated industrial area where the blasts occurred.

Reports have said there could have been as much as 700 tonnes of the substance — exposure to which can be fatal — at the site.

Soldiers trained in anti-chemical warfare techniques were also deployed.

- With reporting from AFP. 

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    Aug 15th 2015, 3:54 PM

    Is it just me or should they be allowed to store such hazardous waste so close to a civilian population? Scary times.

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    Aug 15th 2015, 4:39 PM

    I doubt that would be allowed here

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    Aug 15th 2015, 5:01 PM

    All countries are doing things their people assume only other countries are doing !

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    Aug 15th 2015, 5:55 PM

    I dont think China would know the meaning of looking after the environment.They were saying less than 24 hours after the explosion than the air quality in the city was perfectly safe.The reporters at the scene were brave people considering no one knew what the chemicals were there.The poor feckers might come down with some bad ‘flu’ in a few days time.

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    Aug 16th 2015, 12:51 AM

    let the sodium cyanide cover up commence. I’d like to know what really was in that building? maybe the superman that was at the center of the blast has some answers?

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