Explosion in Tianjin – level 1

20-08-2015 07:00

This news is from Tianjin. It is a Chinese port. There is a warehouse. It stores chemicals. The chemicals explode. There are two big explosions.

Eighty-five people die. Thirty-three people are in hospital. Around 6,300 people must leave their homes.

Difficult words: port (a city where many ships come and go), warehouse (a building where you keep many things), store (to keep).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

What do you think about these explosions?

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