Families and colleagues mourn the victims and pray for those missing at the memorial hall in Binhai New Area fire-fighting unit in Tianjin on Tuesday.
The storage of dangerous materials close to residential areas is one of the many possible regulatory lapses exposed by the incident.
Parents of firefighters missing since the Tianjin explosion arrived the blast site on Saturday morning, crying for whereabouts of their loved ones.
We managed to control the fire, but the containers exploded unexpectedly 15 minutes after we started spraying water, says Yang Kekai.
Hospitals tending to the injured in the Tianjin blasts witnessed many emotionally devastating scenes, as relatives grappled with their loved ones' fates.
Yuan Hai is one of the 17 firefighters who lost their life while carrying out a rescue mission after explosions rocked the port city of Tianjin.
The 19-year-old firefighter who has injuries in his chest, legs and head is found alive after being trapped for nearly two days at the blast site.
A firefighter who had been married for 12 days is among the 17 firefighters killed in the massive explosions that rocked Tianjin.
Adam Kaminski, 29, from Germany, has lived in Beijing and Tianjin for three years and was trying to donate blood at Tianjin's TEDA Hospital.
A huge blast woke truck driver Hu Xiaoliang. When he came to his senses, he had been catapulted away from beneath his truck, where he had been resting.
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