Types of chemicals in warehouse explosion remain unknown

Tianjin authorities said on Friday that they still don't know the detailed types and quantities of dangerous chemicals that were being stored in a warehouse that exploded in the port city on Wednesday night, killing at least 56 people.

Gao Huaiyou, deputy head of Tianjin's work safety watchdog, said that information about what was in the warehouse remains inconsistent.

He said that since the warehouse in the Tianjin Binhai New Area was for transitional storage, exact information is unavailable, especially after the offices of Ruihai Logistics Co, Ltd, which owned the warehouse, have been damaged. In addition, information provided by senior managers diverges from customs data, he said.