More than 720 people were injured and admitted to hospitals, and four days after the disaster Wednesday, which triggered fiery balls in the sky, leaving numerous waste burned in an industrial area, destroyed cars and containers ships, demolished buildings and broke windows of apartments near the scene.
President Xi Jinping during Saturday's authorities ordered a increase security conditions and learn the lessons so far, which is paid for with blood.
China evacuated around sending residents in a school near the site of the explosion on the Sabbath, since the change of wind direction particles rise to fears that toxic chemicals may be more widespread in the surrounding land.
It is not yet clear how many people were evacuated, but the order came after the collapse of another fire at the explosion, just in a foundry designed to store hazardous chemicals, as does the Xinhua agency said.
Officials acknowledge the presence of toxic substances, but say they do not pose a risk to people outside the evacuation zone periphery.
Meanwhile, the environmental organization "Greenpeace" announced through an e-mail that its tests in the explosion indicate that water supply is not heavily contaminated with cyanide, but they do not reject the presence of other harmful chemicals in water .
About 6300 people were displaced by the blast, while its waves were felt in several apartment blocks in the city of 15 million people, several kilometers further.
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