Tianjin blasts: sodium cyanide on site may have been 70 times allowed amount

Official death toll rises to 112 as officials look at claims that 700 tonnes of a toxic chemical was housed at blast site Chinese officials are investigating claims that 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide - 70 times the permitted amount - were stored at the chemical warehouse in China's port city of Tianjin where deadly blasts occurred on Wednesday. The investigation comes as the official death toll was again revised upwards on Sunday morning to 112. Local Tianjin officials said 95 people remain missi...