Beijing: A gas explosion A partial building collapses in the northern Chinese port city tianjin Three people left on Tuesday morning missing and 11 were injured. The incident is being investigated, but the infrastructure appears to have collapsed after more than three decades of breakneck economic growth.
That development has substantially raised living standards while often bypassing safety and environmental regulation.
Three floors of the six-storey building collapsed. official xinhua news agency Later the explosion took place at around 7:15 am.
Photos taken from the scene show the upper floors of the building being sunken, but no apparent damage to neighboring units.
Tianjin is about an hour away by train from Beijing and has long been one of China’s most developed and international cities.
A massive 2015 explosion at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin killed 173 people, most of them firefighters and police officers. The chemicals were incorrectly registered and stored, with local authorities finding complicity to turn a blind eye to the potential threat.
China is replacing decades-old infrastructure, with natural gas lines used for cooking, heat and electricity generation being a particular concern.
An explosion in Qingdao’s northeastern port killed 62 people in 2013, when an underground pipeline burst after a leak.
This has been followed by minor incidents, including an explosion at a hotel in the northeastern city of Shenyang and a residential community in the central city of Xi’an, which killed 28 people in total. dead,
Building codes are also loosely enforced in rural areas and suburbs, with additional levels added to homes and businesses that lack the structural integrity to support them. In April, a block, including apartments and restaurants, collapsed in Changsha city, killing 53 people.
That development has substantially raised living standards while often bypassing safety and environmental regulation.
Three floors of the six-storey building collapsed. official xinhua news agency Later the explosion took place at around 7:15 am.
Photos taken from the scene show the upper floors of the building being sunken, but no apparent damage to neighboring units.
Tianjin is about an hour away by train from Beijing and has long been one of China’s most developed and international cities.
A massive 2015 explosion at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin killed 173 people, most of them firefighters and police officers. The chemicals were incorrectly registered and stored, with local authorities finding complicity to turn a blind eye to the potential threat.
China is replacing decades-old infrastructure, with natural gas lines used for cooking, heat and electricity generation being a particular concern.
An explosion in Qingdao’s northeastern port killed 62 people in 2013, when an underground pipeline burst after a leak.
This has been followed by minor incidents, including an explosion at a hotel in the northeastern city of Shenyang and a residential community in the central city of Xi’an, which killed 28 people in total. dead,
Building codes are also loosely enforced in rural areas and suburbs, with additional levels added to homes and businesses that lack the structural integrity to support them. In April, a block, including apartments and restaurants, collapsed in Changsha city, killing 53 people.