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This picture shows the scale of the devastation wreaked by a massive explosion at a Chinese factory which killed 173 people.
The astonishingly powerful blast at the Tianjin factory in Hebei province in August 2015 flattened buildings and created a giant fireball that shot into the air as debris rained down on surrounding homes.
Nearby residents said it had felt like an “atomic bomb” had hit.
A total of 173 people, including at least 80 firefighters, were killed in the blast which injured nearly 800 others and destroyed over 300 homes.
The explosion left a giant crater where the factory once was.
The official report into the disaster found 123 people, including senior officials, responsible for the explosion which it said was caused by the illegal storage of 11,300 tonnes of hazardous chemicals.
Tianjin Explosion - In PicturesShow all 14 1 /14Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tiajin Explosion A man wearing a mask walks past overturned shipping containers after explosions hit the Binhai new district in Tianjin. Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring around 400, official Chinese media reported.
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin8.jpg A screen grab from taken from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) footage on August 12, 2015 shows a huge explosion in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin.
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion Excavators work near the site of the explosions at the Binhai new district, Tianji
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion A man who was injured following the massive explosions at the Binhai new district in Tianjin receives medical treatment at a hospital.
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion View of the destruction after explosions in the port area of Tianjin, northern China,
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion A emergency worker is lifted by a crane as smokes plumes from the explosion site in Binhai new district in Tianjin
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion A damaged truck is seen on a highway near the site of the explosions at the Binhai new district in Tianjin
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion Flames rise as a banner in the background reads "no illegal operations" at the site of a series of explosions in Tianjin, witnesses described a fireball from the blasts ripping through the night sky.
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjn Explosion Smoke rises from shipping containers after explosions at Binhai new district in Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjn Explosion Firefighters take a break after trying to put fire down at the explosion site in Binhai new district in Tianjin,
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjn Explosion A survivor talk on his mobile phone at the site of the explosions at the Binhai new district in Tianjin
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjin Explosion Firefighter's truck and other rescue vehicles are pictured as smoke rises among shipping containers after explosions at Binhai new district in Tianjin
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjn Explosion Damaged cars are seen near the site of explosions at the Binhai new district in Tianjin
Tianjin Explosion - In Pictures Tianjn Explosion A paramilitary policeman wears a mask as he blocks the road leading to evacuated residential area and the explosion site in Binhai new district in Tianjin
It concluded that the explosion occurred after a highly flammable chemical, nitro-cotton, had been allowed to dry-out and self-ignite in its barrel, setting fire to other nearby chemicals such as ammonium nitrate.
This set a chain reaction in motion which led to the destruction of the factory, the BBC reported.
China’s state-run Xinhua news agency estimated the blast caused damage worth around 6.87bn yuan (£790m).
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