China has formally detained a dozen people over huge explosions in the city of Tianjin this month that killed at least 139 people and has accused 11 officials and port executives of suspected dereliction of duty or abuse of power

Chinese prosecutors have detained 11 government officials and company executives over a massive warehouse explosion that killed at least 139 people in the country's worst industrial disaster in recent years.

A dozen persons have been arrested in connection to the deadly Tianjin warehouse blast that left 145 people dead and hundreds maimed with chemical and burn injuries earlier this month

Just two weeks after giant explosions in one of Chinas largest ports which killed 139 and injured hundreds the head of Chinas work safety watchdog has been sacked state media said on Wednesday

Seven workers were killed and two others are in critical condition after exposure to poisonous gasses at a paper mill in central China

Workers at two lines in the Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area will come back on Thursday and start preparation to begin production on Friday