Workers in decontamination suits cleaning up the site of the explosions in Tianjin on August 20. - AFP
BEIJING, Aug 24, 2015 (AFP) - The death toll from a series of explosions nearly two weeks ago that rocked the northern port city of Tianjin rose to 129, state media reported Monday.
There are still 44 people missing and 610 are in hospital, 39 of them critically injured, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing local officials.
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