Китай: Дрон разкрива опустошителната гледка над Тиендзин

Drone footage released by Greenpeace on Thursday captured the aftermath of the Tianjin warehouse explosion, on Friday, August 15, in which at least 114 people died and another 700 were injured. Chinese officials are still working out the exact cause of the blast, although it is thought to have originated from a warehouse containing flammable chemicals, including sodium cyanide, sodium nitrate and calcium carbide. The latter can combine with water to form the highly explosive acetylene. Chemical experts have speculated that an acetylene blast could have created a chain reaction, detonating other chemicals and resulting in the much larger explosion. The disaster has led to daily protesters from Tianjin residents who are complaining that local authorities have not given them more information on the dangerous chemicals being stored at the site. Chinese authorities have promised to compensate those residents whose homes were destroyed or damaged in the explosion.