Authorities announced on Saturday that the death toll has
risen to 85, with more than 700 others still being treated in hospitals,
including 25 who are in critical condition and 33 who are in serious condition.
Residents living close to the site of giant explosions in
the Chinese port of Tianjin have been evacuated over fears of toxic
contamination as new fires ignited.
Armed police were carrying out evacuations within 3km of the
blast site on Saturday after highly poisonous sodium cyanide was found, the
Beijing News said.
The blaze ignited again at the warehouse where the blasts
struck on Wednesday night, with several small blasts heard by reporters from
the Xinhua state news agency.
"Out of consideration for toxic substances spreading,
the masses nearby have been asked to evacuate," Xinhua reported.
A survivor was pulled from a shipping container on Saturday
morning, state media reported. His identity was not immediately known. Television video showed the man being carried out on a sketcher by a group of soldiers wearing gas masks.
Fears over safety after massive explosion in China. A team of chemical experts has been called in to the site to
test for toxic gases.
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