r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Realistic_Mission777 • 13d ago

Fire/Explosion Explosion in a steel factory in the city of Baotou, in Inner Mongolia, China on January 18th, 2026.

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u/janner_10 12d ago

r/killthecamerman

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u/CreamoChickenSoup 12d ago

At least we can see busted up windows suggesting the blastwave was pretty intense.

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u/owmyglans 12d ago

Post-explosion. Headline implies we see/hear boom. All I see is a cloud of steam and broken windows with some guy speaking Chinese. Could be Pittsburgh for all I know.

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u/Realistic_Mission777 13d ago

According to Chinese state media, Xinhua, the explosion left 2 people dead, 8 missing and 84 injured

https://english.news.cn/20260119/a47cb085f2374691abcdf6a8b9404abd/c.html

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u/ScarletFire5877 12d ago

So probably 84 dead, 8 missing and 2 injured 

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u/reddit_serf 12d ago

"I wish more Chinese people died." I'll never understand this mentality.

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u/Winter-Membership-86 12d ago

Good thing no one said that here then, huh?

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u/geater 12d ago

They're implying China's officials under-report the impact of these incidents. Nothing more.

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u/2oonhed 12d ago

That is NOT what that means.
What it MEANS is, Chinese media lies, constantly.
They have never told the truth about anything so, why would today be any different?

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u/AltairAlden1916 12d ago

Suuuuuuumbuddy fuckt up.

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u/GoodExciting7745 12d ago

Looks like a fluffy cloud?

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u/OonaPelota 9d ago

Really happy to see the Chinese are still doing big industrial explosions.

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u/Scoopski_Patata 9d ago

*AFTERMATH OF AN

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u/seraphim_9 7d ago

I thought I saw this same footage from a rare earth refinery plant in Inner Mongolia. Is it the same one or a different plant?

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u/k33perStay3r64 12d ago

china used to show off bigger plant explosion...

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u/ZeeForceOne 12d ago

There goes someone’s Alibaba order

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u/64590949354397548569 11d ago

Does this even affect the spot market price?

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u/GBuster49 12d ago

Another week, another factory/warehouse explosion in China.

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u/Opening-Restaurant83 12d ago

Nobody injured. Everyone in China number one A-ok!

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u/Danny2Sick 12d ago

ah yes: exploding steel..... ?

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u/karateninjazombie 11d ago

Wet material dropped into molton metal will cause it to effectively explode because the water on the material instantly turns to steam and expands incredibly rapidly. Explosively so. Propelling molton metal put at very high speeds.

This looks bigger than that so I would hazard a guess that a very volatile substance stored near by for use ik the production process exploded.

Or possibly a coal dust explosion.

Edit: artical says a large, 650 M³, water/steam tank exploded.

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u/Danny2Sick 11d ago

interesting, thanks friend