Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has visited the victims of a major disaster at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin.

A series of explosions at the facility on Wednesday, claimed at least 112 lives. Ninety-five people, most of them firefighters, are still missing.

Mr Li met those who had been injured and displaced by the blasts.

A senior military officer said "several hundred" tonnes of the toxic chemical sodium cyanide had been identified at two locations in the blast zone.

Of the 721 people injured, 25 are in critical condition and 33 are serious.

The premier also met recovery teams and environmental monitors who are trying to secure the site, much of which was flattened by the explosions.

An investigation is under way to ascertain what triggered the disaster.     

Dozens of relatives of the missing and local residents have held a number of angry protests at a hotel used for official news conferences.

They say they have not received enough information from the government about what chemicals are at the site.

Meanwhile, a number of websites have been shut down for allegedly spreading unverified information about the blasts.

The state news agency Xinhua said 50 sites were accused of creating panic by publishing rumours.

Source: BBC