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Chemical warehouse goes up in smoke in Karachi
Eight persons injured; SEPA issues advisory for protection against toxic fumes in SITE
Smoke rises from an intense blaze that erupted in a chemical warehouse in SITE on Saturday morning. Firefighters struggled for four long hours before they were finally able to extinguish the blaze. Ten fire tenders and one snorkel were used in the fire fighting operation. PHOTOS: EXPRESS
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At least eight people sustained burn injuries when an intense fire broke out in a chemical warehouse in Haroonabad, Sindh Industrial and Trading State (SITE) on Saturday morning.
The blaze, assisted by strong winds, spread rapidly and engulfed the entire warehouse, as clouds of smoke rose to mar the sky above it.
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that both recorders were found but corrected that wednesday. let's turn to china now where angry homeowners confronted tianjin's mayor demanding that the government buy their homes. last week's explosions have contaminated the area making it unsafe to live there. the mayor said there will be no lean yancey for those responsible for the blast. the chinese state media report executives of the chemical warehouse used political connections to gain government approvals for the site. at least 114 people died in the explosions. still to come here on "cnn newsroom" the latest on the migrant crisis. our cnn crew is there for the dramatic moments at sea as the turkish coast guard catches up with a boat full of migrants
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of chemicals lying out in the open. when they are mixed with water it emits a white, hot steam. it's scary for families who live around here. they were protesting outside the government buildings saying buy back our homes telling the chinese government they want to be reimbursed for the cost of their apartments that they saved up in many cases for their lives to buy so they can live somewhere else, somewhere safe. as you look at the huge scope of this devastation including much of the city's bus fleet with severe damage and, of course, this light rail station that you referenced, it's going to be a lot of repair work. $1.5 billion of insurance claims and now ten executives of the company that own the chemical warehouse have been detained and they are facing criminal charges as well, christine. >> it's seven days since that blast. that's an important moment in chinese tradition to mourn the dead. >> reporter: it is. it is. the seventh day is a time when families, they pause to honor those whose lives have been lost
FamiliesGovernmentHomesChineseChemicalsWhiteMoundsBuildingsWaterSteamThe-openDevastationwilliams grove speedway in pennsylvania. officials saying he was involved in a multicar crash during warm-ups. his number 31 car slamming into the wall before flipping. i have gone to over a thousand races and i i have never been to one where they needed lifeline. probably one of the saddest times i will ever have in my life. >> the speedway has cancelled all events today out of respect for the campbell family. and fears over toxic contamination have residents fleeing days after a series of massive explosions at a chemical warehouse in china. officials finding highly poisonous sodium cyanide at the blast site and issuing mandatory evacuations. the death toll now at 8 a. new video emerges showing a 19-year-old firefighter rescued nearly 32 hours after the blast. he was found and pulled alive from the smoking rubble. and here at home, a series of explosions rocking a texas oil chemical company.
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