On 12 August 2015, a series of explosions at the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, Northern China, killed 173 people, according to official reports, and injured hundreds of others. The explosions occurred a
Fireball from the second explosion
Destroyed car at Donghai Road Station
Two security inspectors wearing dust masks near the site of the explosion
The entrance to Haigang Park, built on the site of the original explosion, in 2021
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2015 Tianjin explosions
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Painting of the aftermath of the Delft explosion by Egbert van der Poel
A cropped interior view of Fort Fisher from the northeast angle showing the site of the reserve powder magazine that exploded.
The hole created by the Braamfontein dynamite explosion (looking west) at Maraisburg on 19 February 1896
HMS Queen Mary explodes during the Battle of Jutland