On the night of Aug. 12, a fire was reported at a chemical warehouse within a mile of thickly populated residential areas in the port city of Tianjin, China. With the firefight under way, a sudden, rapid succession of increasingly large explosions erupted into fireballs that registered on earthquake scales. As of Aug. 14, the death toll was 56, including 17 firefighters, and over 700 were injured. The explosions seem to have originated from a warehouse owned by Ruihai International Logistics, a company authorized to handle chemicals that explode on contact with water. Some outside specialists suspected that firefighters may have inadvertently contributed to the explosions, however the details of how the massive explosion occurred were still unclear. --By Emily Z. Fortier
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Bystander Dan Van Duren captured the rapid succession of explosions on video from a nearby residential building shortly before midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (Dan Van Duren/Associated Press)
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An injured man stands outside a hospital in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality early Thursday. (Chinatopix via Associated Press)
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After the explosions, a fire raged in the early hours of Aug. 13, lighting up the night sky. (AFP/Getty Images)
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According to reports, more than 1,000 firefighters were sent to the the disaster site. (AFP/Getty Images)
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An emergency worker is lifted by a crane as smokes plumes from the explosion site. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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Aerial footage shows smoke billowing from burning containers the day after the blasts. (Xu Li/EPA)
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Hundreds of new cars awaiting export were reduced to shells by the flames. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
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A hub cap on a car near the explosion site melted. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Rescuers were on the scene at the explosion site the next day. Over a dozen firefighters died in the disaster. (AFP/Getty Images)
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An injured firefighter grimaces as he is examined in a hospital. (Chinatopix via Associated Press)
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Firefighters in protective gear watch as smoke, some pink, continues to billow out the day after the explosion. Due to uncertainty about the nature of the chemicals present, Tianjin officials let the blaze smolder and extinguish on its own. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)
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Chinese police help a man to safety on a highway near the explosion site. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)
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A man rests on a table at a dining hall of a primary school, which was turned into a shelter for people living nearby. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
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A man looks at a row of damaged cars outside a damaged residential building. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)
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An injured man evacuated from the residential area near the explosion site looks towards pluming smoke on Thursday. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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Rescuers work among hundreds of burned cars and several destroyed buildings after a huge explosion rocked the port city. China's earthquake bureau said the magnitude of the second blast was equivalent to 21 tons of TNT. (Wu Hong/EPA)
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Firefighters take a break after trying to put fire down at the explosion site in Binhai new district. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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Residents take photos of what appears to be a metal container thrown several kilometers from the explosion site. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)
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Workers clean debris form the road near the explosion site, where stacks of shipping containers had crumbled. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
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A motorist drove a damaged car on a highway near the site of the explosions on Thursday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
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Smoke could be seen through a hole of a damaged residential building in the Binhai new district. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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Windows of a nearby high rise building were shattered. (Wu Hong/EPA)
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A couple check their belongings in their apartment after a blast destroyed all the windows. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images)
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The shock waves from the explosions broke furniture, windows and other property in nearby residences. (Chinatopix via Associated Press)
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A man looks out at the wreckage from inside a damaged residential building. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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Windows that were blown out by the explosions covered the ground outside an apartment building. (Chinatopix via Associated Press)
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Two women sleep on the road outside a damaged residential building near the site of an explosion. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)
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Firefighters carry the body of a victim from the site of the explosions on Friday, Aug. 14. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
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Zhang Yibi, right, visits a hospital looking for her son, Lei Chi, 21, a firefighter who is among those missing. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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A local man prays for victims killed in the explosions at Chaoyin Temple in Binhai new district. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
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