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Image of Asia: Hundreds hurt in fiery blasts in Chinese port

A man with his wounds bandaged eats a bun in a hospital receiving victims of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.  Huge explosions in the warehouse district sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, officials and witnesses said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A man with his wounds bandaged eats a bun in a hospital receiving victims of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Huge explosions in the warehouse district sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, officials and witnesses said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A man with his wounds bandaged eats a bun in a hospital receiving victims of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Huge explosions in the warehouse district sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, officials and witnesses said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

In this photo by Ng Han Guan, a man with his wounds bandaged eats a bun in a hospital receiving victims of the huge, fiery explosions at port warehouses in northeastern China’s Tianjin municipality. In addition to the dead, hundreds of people were injured in the blasts and dozens of those were described as being in serious condition. State media said 10 hospitals in Tianjin were treating the injured, who suffered burns and broken bones.