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Posted Thu Jul 29 2010: from
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Floods wash barrels of chemicals into China river http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1280410243
Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.
Severe floods washed the barrels, from two chemical storage facilities, into the Songhua river in Jilin city.
Around 400 barrels have been recovered so far by workers at eight stations on the river. Water quality was being checked and no chemicals had yet been found in the water, state media said.
Several parts of China have been hit by flooding in recent weeks, amid the worst seasonal rains in a decade.
Elsewhere in Jilin, 30,000 people in the town of Kouqian were said to be trapped by floodwaters after a reservoir and two rivers burst its banks.... The remaining 3,000 contained flammable chemicals, it said.
Water supplies in the city of 4.5 million people were briefly suspended and panic-buying reported as residents stocked up on bottled water.
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