The PLA’s four headquarters General Staff Headquarters, General Political Department, General Logistics Department and General Armament Department-- have issued a joint circular ordering the check, according to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily.
Authorities from the four wings held a conference regarding the safety check on Sunday. The army and armed police were told to carry out <g data-gr-id="81">thorough</g> examination of their weapon, ammunition, fuel, chemical, explosive and toxic material warehouses to avert similar incident like in Tianjin.
Twin blasts in a warehouse attached to the Tianjin port destroyed several kilometres of the area around it, including a number of <g data-gr-id="85"><g data-gr-id="84">high-rise</g></g>?apartment blocks. The massive chemical explosions considered to be China’s worst industrial accident killed 114 people with 65 others still remain missing. Over 670 people are still undergoing treatment in hospitals.
While it is not yet known what has caused the explosions, officials resorted to a complex cleaning process to clear over 3,000 tonnes of chemicals stored in the?sprawling?warehouse, including 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide.
The military deployed over 500 troops trained nuclear and biological warfare for the cleanup amid fears of air and water contamination and reports of <g data-gr-id="124">presence</g> of nerve gas.