Residents in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin are fleeing their homes fearing an "earthquake" after a massive explosion on Wednesday night.
China's Xinhua News Service tweeted:
Cell phone videos are appearing online:
One of first videos of #Tianjin #explosion as uploaded to Chinese social media. https://t.co/0Vksj4eIzf pic.twitter.com/lCprkFpuf9
— Matt Simon (@MSimonTV) August 12, 2015A Reddit thread in the /r/China community claimed that the blast was a gas explosion that went off by the docks in Tianjin's harbor.
Raw Story is attempting to verify this and will report more details as they become available.
