Chinese survivors of toxic gas escape 'death zone'

Saturday, December 27, 2003

CHONGQING, China -- Technicians earlier today sealed a burst gas well in China's southwest that had spewed toxic fumes, killing at least 198 people and forcing 41,000 to flee the remote, mountainous area, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

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