Pollution fears follow water cutoff

By Liu Mingtai and He Na | China Daily | Updated: 2010-07-29 07:48

Residents stand along a bank of the Songhua River on Wednesday in Jilin province, where more than 1,000 barrels containing explosive chemicals surfaced after being dislodged by the flood. Provided to China Daily

CHANGCHUN - Confusion prevailed in Jilin city on Wednesday when the water supply was unexpectedly cut off, triggering a run on bottled water and widespread rumors about the drinking water being contaminated amid the accidental release of 1,000 containers of explosive chemicals into a local river.