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A series of huge explosions shook the northern Chinese city of Tianjin late Wednesday, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 700, according to officials and state media. |
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While the cause was not immediately clear, later reports said the blast may have been set off by explosives stored in a shipping container. |
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週三深夜，一連串的大爆炸震動了中國北部的天津市，造成逾百人死亡以及至少七百人受傷，官員與國營媒體表示。意外肇因在當時雖不清楚，但後來的報導指出，爆炸可能是由貯存在一座貨櫃裡的爆炸物所引發。 |
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Liu Yue, a 25-year-old Tianjin resident, said she felt the first blast but didn't think too much of it. |
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二十五歲的天津居民劉悅（音譯）表示，她感受到了第一次爆炸，但沒有想太多。 |
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"The second explosion was so powerful that I felt the entire 16-floor-building was shaking," said Liu, who lives about four kilometers from the site of the blasts. |
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"I thought it was an earthquake! I was extremely scared. I was afraid my family was in danger." |
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「第二次爆炸威力非常大，我感到整棟十六層樓的建築都在震動，」住在距離爆炸地點約四公里處的劉悅說：「我以為是地震！我非常害怕，我很怕我的家人有危險。」 |
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The initial explosion erupted at a warehouse for a logistics company in an industrial area of the port city, according to Tianjin police. |
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The company was identified as Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics Co. Ltd. |
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初次的爆炸發生在一家物流公司的一間倉庫，位在這座港口城市的一處工業區裡，天津警方表示。那家公司經確認是天津東疆港瑞海國際物流有限公司。 |
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The state-run news agency Xinhua reported that the explosion tore through a warehouse storing "dangerous and chemical goods" in Binhai, an area of the city by the water. |
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國營通訊社新華社報導指出，爆炸威力炸穿了天津市鄰海的濱海區一間貯放「危險化學物品」的倉庫。 |
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Video from the scene showed a blinding blast of light and smoke that sent fireballs shooting across the night sky. |
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That was followed by an even bigger explosion, the force of which appeared to knock over the video camera. |
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爆炸現場的影片顯示了帶有刺眼亮光與煙霧的爆炸，把火球衝上了夜空。接著又是一次更大的爆炸，其威力似乎震倒了攝影機。 |
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The shock waves were felt kilometers away, Xinhua reported, and some residents said windows and fish tanks had been shattered. |
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The state-run China Earthquake Networks Center said in an official post on social media that two of the explosions had carried the force of small earthquakes. |
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The first was measured at magnitude of 2.3, the second at 2.9, it said. |
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根據新華社的報導，震波在幾公里外也感覺得到，而且有些居民說窗戶和魚缸都碎了。國營的中國地震台網中心在社群媒體上的一則官方貼文指出，其中兩次爆炸帶有小型地震的威力。第一次爆炸測量到的震度為二點三，第二次為二點九，該則貼文表示。 |
