Huge clean-up after Tianjin blasts trigger cyanide fears
Around 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide stored at warehouse where blasts took place: city's vice-mayor
Tianjin, China
RESCUE personnel battled to clean up hundreds of tonnes of cyanide at the site of huge explosions in northern China on Monday, as state-run media lambasted officials over their response to the blasts which killed 114 people.
The Aug 12 explosions at the hazardous goods storage facility in the port of Tianjin set off a giant fireball, devastated a vast area and raised fears over the impact of toxic pollutants.
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