PHOTOS: Here's how China looks the morning after two devastating explosions killed more than a dozen people
The twin blasts on Wednesday killed at least 17 people, injured hundreds more, and left the surrounding area smoldering.
Early Thursday, the Beijing News newspaper cited fire department officials in Tianjin, who say dozens of firefighters were unaccounted for.
Here's the scene from China, the morning after:
Firefighters were still hard at work dealing with hot spots
Smoke rises over the site of the explosions in Tianjin.
Few things surrounding the blast were spared
The level of destruction is surreal
Lots of smoldering metal
Even vehicles under bridges were damaged
More scattered vehicles
Overturned shipping containers piled up nearby
Hundreds were injured
Many people have been displaced
Some people slept outdoors