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 | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: Evacuated residents get food at Dunhao Town in Kaixian County near the city of Chongqing, China Friday, Dec. 26, 2003. At least 191 people had been confirmed dead nearly 300 injured, and more than 41,000 forced to flee their homes. click to open  |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: A Chinese woman receives treatment at a local hospital after an explosion at a natural gas field in Kaixian county, in China's southwestern municipality of Chongqing on December 26, 2003. Nearly 200 people were killed and hundreds injured when the well burst on Tuesday and toxic fumes shot into the air click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: A Chinese woman receives treatment at a local hospital after an explosion at a natural gas field in Kaixian county, in China's southwestern municipality of Chongqing on December 26, 2003. Nearly 200 people were killed and hundreds injured when the well burst on Tuesday and toxic fumes shot into the air click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: Flames are seen at the explosion site of a natural gas field of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in Kaixian County, some 337 kilometers northeast of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003. Disaster officials worked Friday to contain toxic fumes from a burst gas well in southwest China that killed at least 191 people, and feared that the number of casualties might rise. click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: Gaoqiao town is seen empty after evacuation near the exploded natural gas field near the city of Chongqing, southwest China Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003. At least 191 people had been confirmed dead Thursday night in the fatal gas explosion at a natural gas field in Kaixian which occurred Tuesday. click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: Search team members (top) find the body of a dead man after a natural gas well erupted in Gaoqiao township, Kaixian County, in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on December 26, 2003. Nearly 200 people were killed and hundreds injured when the well burst on Tuesday and toxic fumes shot into the air. click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: Fire rages at the mouth of a natural gas well at Gaoqiao township, Kaixian County, in China's southwestern municipality of Chongqing, December 26, 2003. A gas well blow-out in southwest China turned a 25 square km (10 sq miles) area into a death zone, killing nearly 200 people as they slept or scrambled to escape a cloud of toxic fumes, officials and state media said on Friday. click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: Some 500 armed police from Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, set off for the gas explosion area, searching for survivors in Kaixian County, near the city of Chongqing, southwest China, Friday, Dec. 26, 2003. Some 1,000 other rescuers, made up of police, armed police, soldiers and firemen, are ready to be dispatched to the area. At least 191 people have been confirmed dead Thursday night in a fatal gas explosion at a natural gas field in Kaixian which occurred Tuesday. click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: Police in anti-chemical suits depart for Kaixian County, some 337 kms northeast of Chongqing in southwest China, December 26, 2003. A gas well blow-out in southwest China turned a 25 square km (10 sq miles) area into a death zone, killing nearly 200 people as they slept or scrambled to escape a cloud of toxic fumes, officials and state media said on Friday. Bodies of farmers and livestock were scattered over a wide area after the well burst on Tuesday. 'The poisonous gas hovering in the air made an area of 25 sq km a death zone as many villagers were intoxicated by the fumes in their sleep,' the China Daily newspaper said. click to open |  | 2003 China Gas Field Blast: A firefighter evacuates an elderly resident after poisoned gas killed nearly 200 people following an accident at a natural gas field in south-west China. click to open |
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