Explosions at a warehouse rocked the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin late Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 500 others, state media said.

The blasts ripped through a warehouse storing “dangerous goods” in Tianjin’s Binhai New Area around 11:30 p.m. local time, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said. Municipal authorities said 44 people, including 12 firefighters, were killed and 66 more were badly injured, Xinhua reported. In all, 520 people were hospitalized.

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