Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS): An explosion rocked China's Tianjin city on Wednesday night, Xinhua news agency reported. The cause and casualties were not immediately known.
Citing residents, Xinhua said flame lit up the sky and a blast with a big noise blew up dust dozens of metres high. The explosion also shattered glass windows.
Li Jing, a woman who lives hundreds of metres from the explosion site, said she saw the wounded being sent to hospitals.