China explosions: Huge blasts leave 50 dead and hundreds injured

It comes as pictures emerge of the devastation caused by the explosions and fires in Tianjin.

Xinhua News Agency identified Ruihai Logistics as the firm which owned the storage unit - and according to a report posted by the Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration in January last year, five of the 4,325 containers checked at the site failed to meet safety standards.

The explosions left at least 50 dead and hundreds more injured Credit: Reuters

The main problem was inappropriate 'danger' labelling, the report added, but did not go into further detail on the matter.
Ruihai Logistics describes itself as a government-approved firm specialising in handling "dangerous goods", and had been inspected along with four other companies operating in the region.
 

Government-backed newspaper China Daily added that the company's manager had been detained by police, though this information has not been independently verified.Firefighters are still battling to put out the blaze. Officials say until the danger is over, the cause of the blasts - which left at least 50 dead and hundreds more injured - cannot be established.