An explosion occurred in a warehouse in Beichen District, Tianjin–it turned out to be an unlicensed warehouse; amazing!

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Beijing News Flash: Last evening (October 12), a warehouse of about 500 square meters in Xiditou Town, Beichen District, Tianjin, caught fire; it contained ammonia and alcohol. According to the Tianjin Fire Department, as of around 0 a.m. today, the large fire at the scene has been extinguished, with no casualties reported so far. A student provided a video of the explosion scene to a reporter from The Beijing News. In the video, which lasts a little over a minute, there were at least two explosions at the scene of the fire, accompanied by flames rising into the air. Thick smoke filled the area, and one student in the video said, “A fire was detected in the vicinity of Beichen District in Tianjin; there were explosions.” During the filming, the sound of fire alarm sirens could be heard continuously in the vicinity. Ms. Wang, a resident living near the explosion site, said that the incident occurred at the border between Beichen District and Dongli District, south of Xidi Tou Village, and it was just two bus stops away from her home. At around 9:30 p.m. last night, he saw flames rising in the distance from the balcony; “there was no sound of an explosion, the fire was about three stories high, and thick smoke was coming out continuously.” Around 10 o’clock, the fire was brought under control; “the flames were as tall as houses.” ” A staff member from a nearby company said that the fire caused at least two or three explosions, with large balls of fire rising into the air. At around 0 a.m. today, a responsible official from the ** office in Beichen District, Tianjin, told a reporter from The Beijing News that they received news at around 10 p.m. the previous day that a warehouse belonging to an individual factory that stored alcohol had caught fire. At present, the fire is under control; the relevant officials and firefighters have arrived at the scene. “It’s just a fire; there have been no severe explosions.” ” At around 1 a.m., the official Weibo account of the Tianjin Public Security Bureau reported that at 9:46 p.m. the previous day, the Tianjin Public Security Fire Brigade received a call reporting an explosion and fire in a warehouse located in Xiditou Village, Xiditou Town, Beichen District. Upon receiving the report, police and fire department forces from the Beichen Branch in the area rushed to the scene to handle the situation. Currently, the firefighting efforts are still in progress, and there are no casualties at the scene. Subsequently, media outlets learned from the Publicity Department of the Beichen District Committee that the incident occurred when an unlicensed warehouse storing ammonia and alcohol in Xidi Tou caught fire; so far, no casualties have been reported. It is reported that this explosion occurred just 2 months after the explosion in Tanggu, Tianjin. According to local media in Tianjin, on September 16, an inspection team from Beichen District arrived in Xidi Tou Town, carrying out a thorough inspection of paint and gas production enterprises. The teams urged these enterprises to strengthen the safety management of their special equipment and to conduct comprehensive self-inspections and corrective actions in order to eliminate potential safety hazards at an early stage. The inspection team demanded that the local regulatory authorities and relevant enterprises strictly fulfill their responsibilities for safety, making every effort to maintain stability in safety production in Beichen.