(VOVworld) – China’s Xinhua news agency reported on Monday that another 6 bodies were retrieved from the Tianjin warehouse blast site, bringing the
death toll to 129, with 44 still missing.
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| Rescuers clean up debris in the core blast area in Tianjin, Aug. 24, 2015 |
All the dead have been identified, including 76 firefighters, and seven policemen. 610 people remain hospitalized, 39 of them in serious condition.
Environmental monitoring has shown no excessive levels of toxins in the air outside the containment zone set up around the blast site, but found excessive levels of cyanide in the water supply on Sunday.