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4,260 chemical barrels retrieved from Jilin river
Source: Xinhua |
July 31, 2010, Saturday
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ABOUT 4,260 of the 7,000 chemical barrels that were swept into a major river in Jilin Province Wednesday had been recovered by noon today, local authorities said.
But the unrecovered barrels are now flowing faster down the river because the Fengman Dam, located on the upper reaches of the Songhua River, opened its floodgates yesterday afternoon to discharge flood waters.
Some 3,000 chemical-filled barrels and 4,000 empty barrels were swept into the Songhua River Wednesday morning after floods hit the warehouses of two chemical companies in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. Each chemical-filled barrel contains 160 kilograms of chemicals.
The empty barrels have been easier for workers to retrieve, meaning the uncollected barrels are more likely to be chemical-filled.
Although downstream dams have been helpful in intercepting the barrels, experts are concerned the chemical-filled barrels may explode if they slam into a dam at high speed.
The barrels will cross into Heilongjiang Province at 10pm today, Professor Liu Guoliang, a chemist leading Heilongjiang's retrieval team, estimates.
Jilin's Communist Party chief, Sun Zhengcai, and Governor, Wang Rulin, have ordered more vessels be mobilized to join in the retrieval effort.
But the unrecovered barrels are now flowing faster down the river because the Fengman Dam, located on the upper reaches of the Songhua River, opened its floodgates yesterday afternoon to discharge flood waters.
Some 3,000 chemical-filled barrels and 4,000 empty barrels were swept into the Songhua River Wednesday morning after floods hit the warehouses of two chemical companies in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. Each chemical-filled barrel contains 160 kilograms of chemicals.
The empty barrels have been easier for workers to retrieve, meaning the uncollected barrels are more likely to be chemical-filled.
Although downstream dams have been helpful in intercepting the barrels, experts are concerned the chemical-filled barrels may explode if they slam into a dam at high speed.
The barrels will cross into Heilongjiang Province at 10pm today, Professor Liu Guoliang, a chemist leading Heilongjiang's retrieval team, estimates.
Jilin's Communist Party chief, Sun Zhengcai, and Governor, Wang Rulin, have ordered more vessels be mobilized to join in the retrieval effort.
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