02 September 2015 (03:07 UTC-07 Tango 01)/11 Shahrivar 1394/18 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/20 Yi-You 4713
In Gansu Province, a fireworks factory exploded killing at least two people and wounding six. The factory was located in the city of Longnan. Homes in the area are damaged.
A second chemical factory in Shandong Province was destroyed by a massive explosion. It happened in the city of Dongying. At least five people dead. Reports say the factory was not near any residential areas, the fire lasted five hours. Pics show massive damage similar to what happened in Tianjin.
After surprise investigations of chemical factories, the Chinese mainland government has decided that almost 1-thousand factories need to be relocated!
Toyota continues to get hit! Insurance payouts double!
The latest stats:
Gansu: At least one dead, six wounded after fireworks factory totally destroyed in two massive explosions. Reports say production was halted in May after inspections found numerous safety violations.
Shandong: At least five people killed by a single massive explosion in Diaokou Township, Dongying. Six executives of the Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company now in police custody.
In Dongfu Village, the Runxing Chemical Technology factory exploded, so far no new update reports but at least one person was killed and nine wounded.
Tianjin:
Residents who lost homes, or whose condos were badly damaged are being given the choice of selling-out to property developers or letting the government re-build their dwellings.
At least 11 people arrested, including the main shareholder of Rui Hai International Logistics, and a former Tianjin Port police chief. The government has accused them of falsifying legal documents to avoid industrial safety regulations.
At least 40 types of volatile chemicals were stored in the Rui Hai International Logistics warehouse.
4,460 PLA and police personnel deployed
159 people dead (mainly firefighters, police and warehouse employees)
692 wounded (confirmed 67 Toyota employees wounded, it could have been more as the majority of Toyota employees had the day off, U.S. farm vehicle maker Deere also reported wounded employees, but refused to give specific numbers)
“Hundreds” still hospitalized
number of missing reduced to 14 (nine firefighters and five civilians), however I’ve seen reports from outside China that say 60 people are still missing.
322 rescued
Blast radius 3km
779 buildings damaged or destroyed
More than 11-thousand new cars destroyed, area now called Tomb of Cars
Jaguar-Land Rover reports nearly 6-thousand new vehicles destroyed
1-thousand+ new Toyotas destroyed, 4-thousand 7-hundred new Toyotas damaged beyond repair
Lexus said they had 783 new cars at the port of Tianjin, but did not say they were damage, only that they would be delivered late.
1-thousand 5-hundred new Renaults destroyed
2-thousand 7-hundred new VWs destroyed
Evacuation radius 5km
Vanke Harbor City residential area hardest hit affecting 260-thousand square meters (853-thousand square feet)
10 hectares (24.7 acres) confirmed contaminated with sodium cyanide
17-thousand families evacuated
30-thousand people directly affected
12 schools and 3 apartment buildings now evacuation shelters