CRI听力:Blast Victims Receive Considerate Help

Local authorities launched emergency response measures soon after the deadly warehouse blasts.

Hospitals across the city became triage centers for the injured, while locals were called on to donate blood.

In addition, massive donations have been pouring in, with people just looking to help.

"We found out that they were short of water, food, and clothes, so we came here to see the real situation. Later, if our help isn't needed, we won't come back. It's not because we don't want to help. It's that we're worried we may affect traffic or the rescue operations."

The blasts have left at least 50 people dead and more than 500 others hospitalized.

Dozens of buildings in residential communities surrounding the Port have also been damaged, some significantly.

Around 6-thousand people have been put up in temporary shelters established at schools and tourist sites.

Many of them say they're still trying to come to grips with what they went through.

"It's horrible when I recall the explosion, which was really a shocking sight. Volunteers managed to organize bus services and transferred us to the relocation site."

A volunteer center has been established in the Tianjin Development Area, where around a thousand people have gathered.

Around 800 volunteers remain mobilized in that area to help.

"A number of charities have been asking us what they need. What we need right now mostly are tents and quilts. We are covered for most other necessities."

Local companies have also been stepping in to try to assistance to those put-out by the explosions.

Social networking platforms are calling for more volunteers at this point, but say food and drinking water supplies are not an issue in Tianjin at the moment.

For CRI, I'm Luo Bin.