China blast residents evacuated over chemical fears

[WorldNews]

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Residents around the site of giant chemical explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin were evacuated Saturday over fears of highly-poisonous sodium cyanide, state media said, as fresh blasts were heard and the death toll rose to 85. A days-long fire intensified at the hazardous goods storage facility and the series of new explosions sent a thick black column of smoke into the air, the official Xinhua news agency said. "Residents in a relocation site of the blasts have been evacuated in fear of chemical pollutants in the air," Xinhua said.

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