TIANJIN, China, Aug. 12 (UPI) — A massive explosion rocked the Chinese city of Tianjin late Thursday.
Amateur video footage of the explosion showed a large-scale explosion about 11:30 p.m. lighting up a dark sky far on the horizon from where the footage was taken.
#news A powerful blast has rocked the Tianjin binhai new area,in #China pic.twitter.com/a4fDwgr1KU— FreeWill (@freewill89) August 12, 2015
The video of the explosion has quickly spread through Chinese social media, including Weibo.
Twitter user @freewill89 said a “powerful blast” rocked Tianjin’s Binhai New Area, that faces a coastal area and the Yellow Sea that separates China from the Korean peninsula.
tianjin explosion pic.twitter.com/FK5xjCz2Xk— William Locke (@thelastnext) August 12, 2015
The emerging business district includes a new airport completed in 2012 and is home to 219 Fortune 500 companies, according to China Daily.
The BBC reported the cause of the explosion is yet unknown.
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