Firefighters hold three-minute silence at a ceremony to mark the seventh day since the blasts rocked a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in Tianjin Binhai New Area, Aug 18. [Photo/Xinhua]

People hold three-minute silence and sirens sounded Tuesday at a ceremony to mark the seventh day since the blasts rocked a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in Tianjin Binhai New Area.

By 9 am on Tuesday, at least 114 have been killed and 57 remain missing, according to statistics released at a press conference.

Tuesday marks seven days since the blasts, and according to Chinese tradition this a key date on which to mourn the passing of the dead.

Chinese State Councilor and Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun pays tribute to the victims at a ceremony to mark the seventh day since the blasts rocked a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in Tianjin Binhai New Area, Aug 18. [Photo/Sina Weibo]