2015年12月17日 星期四

Bombing in Tianjin

Dramatic drone footage has been released appearing to show the clean-up operation at Tianjin, China, where two explosions ripped through a chemicals storage facility in August, killing more than 160 people.

Twelve people have been arrested over the blasts, which left a trail of mangled buildings and burnt out cars in their wake, including owners of Rui Hai International Logistics who were shown on state television being held by police and "confessing" to using government connections to obtain safety permits.

The blast was triggered by the ignition of thousands of tones of hazardous chemicals stored at the facility, including approximately 700 tones of highly poisonous sodium cyanide.

The warehouse was built within 600 meters of some residential buildings, despite a regulation mandating any hazardous material storage facilities must be at least a kilometer away.

China's state-run Xinhua news agency said in September that authorities suggested the blast site be turned into as "eco-park".

Industrial accidents are common in China, with corruption thought to be a key factor behind lax enforcement of safety regulations.

Less than two weeks after the Tianjin explosions, an explosion at a chemical plant in east China's Shandong province killed one person and injured nine.


Structure of the Lead
WHO- Chinese
WHEN- 20 Oct 2015
WHAT- an explosion 
WHY- a chemical storage explosion
WHERE- Tianjin
HOW- result in a big damage

Keywords
1.      footage 英呎
2.      rip 劃破
3.      mangle 受嚴種損傷
4.      confess 承認
5.      trigger 觸發
6.      ignition 燃燒

7.      mandate 命令

3 則留言:

  1. A giant fireball happened in China in this year. When i saw the news, i was thinking which movie was taking a scene there. After reading the context, i was shocked by the incident. It just exploded like a great tuns of TNT. In addition, it polluted the whole area with chemical objects. It must take a lot of time to recover people's fear and the enviorement.

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  2. When I heard this big news at once, i prayed for everything will be OK. In addition, i hope nobody got hurt in this incident. Tianjin is a very important place in China, and this event will truly influence the economy in China! So, i also worry the economy around the world, too. But the most important thing is everything will be OK!

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  3. News about explosion of factories is not hard to find on newspapers, and it is always the most dreadful one. Having so many chemicals subject to ignite stored in a factory is really really a dangerous and hazardous scene to even imagine. Just cross our fingers that all will restore and get better.

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