Tianjin, China • Authorities pulled more bodies from a massive blast site at China's Tianjin port, pushing the death toll to 112 Sunday as teams rushed to clear dangerous chemicals and prosecutors prepared an investigation into those responsible for the disaster.
More than 700 people were injured and 95 people, including dozens of firefighters, are missing after a fire and rapid succession of blasts late Wednesday hit a warehouse for hazardous chemicals in a mostly industrial area of Tianjin, 75 miles east of Beijing.
By Sunday, authorities confirmed there were "several hundred" tons of the toxic chemical sodium cyanide on the sit, although they said there have not been any substantial leaks.
Sodium cyanide is a toxic chemical that can form a flammable gas upon contact with water.
The death toll includes at least 21 firefighters — making the disaster the deadliest for Chinese firefighters in more than six decades. About 1,000 firefighters responded to the disaster, and 85 of them remained unaccounted for Sunday. Angry relatives of the missing firefighters whose homes were destroyed by the blasts showed up at a government news conference Sunday to demand information and accountability.
A Chinese firefighter walks near fire trucks near the site of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. New explosions and fire rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, where one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations within a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius to clean up chemical contamination. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Smoke rises from debris near a crater that was at the center of a series of explosions in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, as seen from an aerial view. New explosions and fires rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, as one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations to clean up chemical contamination more than two days after a fire and a series of blasts set off the disaster. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT
Men gather on an elevated highway near the smoking remains of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. New explosions and fire rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, where one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations within a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius to clean up chemical contamination. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese emergency crew survey the site of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. New explosions and fire rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, where one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations within a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius to clean up chemical contamination. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese emergency crew survey the site of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. New explosions and fire rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, where one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations within a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius to clean up chemical contamination. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Wang Baoxia talks to a journalist about her missing brother Wang Quan who was at the scene of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Angry family members of firefighters missing in the explosions that rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin stormed a government news conference on Saturday, demanding information on their loved ones. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese firefighters rest as they wait to be deployed near the site of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. State media reported that the casualties of the first three squads of firefighters to respond and of a neighborhood police station have not yet been determined, suggesting that the death toll could still go up. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese emergency crew survey the site of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. New explosions and fire rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, where one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations within a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius to clean up chemical contamination. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Smoke rises from debris near a crater that was at the center of a series of explosions in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, as seen from an aerial view. New explosions and fires rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, as one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations to clean up chemical contamination more than two days after a fire and a series of blasts set off the disaster. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT
Chinese firefighter eat lunch as they wait to be activated near the site of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. State media reported that the casualties of the first three squads of firefighters to respond and of a neighborhood police station have not yet been determined, suggesting that the death toll could still go up. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese firefighter collect lunch as they wait near the site of an explosion in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. State media reported that the casualties of the first three squads of firefighters to respond and of a neighborhood police station have not yet been determined, suggesting that the death toll could still go up. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
In this image taken from a video footage from AP Video, residents hold up a banner which reads: "Refugees from Qihang Apartment Complex appeal" outside a hotel where officials held daily media conferences in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. Angry relatives of the missing firefighters and local residents whose homes are destroyed by the blasts showed up at a government news conference Sunday to demand information and accountability. (AP Video via AP)
In this image taken from a video footage from AP Video, a woman holds up a photo of her son, a missing firefighter, outside a hotel where officials held a daily media conferences in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. Angry relatives of the missing firefighters and local residents whose homes are destroyed by the blasts showed up at a government news conference Sunday to demand information and accountability. (AP Video via AP)
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