Tianjin: A young firefighter was rescued on Friday from the site of the powerful blasts at a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals, that have rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 55 people in one of China’s worst industrial disasters. Rescuers have been racing against time to find survivors amid chemical contamination fears.

The survivor, who was pulled out 32 hours after the twin explosions shattered the Ruihai warehouse, was identified as a 19-year-old firefighter named Zhou Ti who belongs to the Binhai New Area brigade of Tianjin’s fire department. More than 1,020 firefighters and 140 fire engines have been deployed to douse the fire, said Zhou Tian, head of Tianjin’s fire department at a press conference on Friday.