Water declared safe to drink
Workers carry barrels of explosive chemicals to safety on Thursday in Yushu city, Jilin province. Some 7,000 barrels, including 3,000 containing chemicals, surfaced on the Songhua River after having been swept away in a recent flood. Chu Xiaoliang / Xinhua |
CHANGCHUN - Workers on Thursday raced to retrieve some 3,000 chemical-filled barrels swept by floods into the Songhua River in Northeast China's Jilin province.
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