Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, December 26, 2003
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State Councillor and Secretary-General of the State Council Hua Jianmin expresses sympathy and solicitude to a local villagers in Kaixian County, some 337 kilometers northeast of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Dec. 26, 2003.
State Councillor and Secretary-General of the State Council Hua Jianmin expresses sympathy and solicitude to a local villagers in Kaixian County, some 337 kilometers northeast of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Dec. 26, 2003. Hua, on behalf of the Party's Central Committee and the State Council, led a working group to Kaixian to conduct rescue and disaster relief work at 1:15 a.m. of Dec. 26. At least 191 people had been confirmed dead by 6:40 p.m. Thursday in the gas explosion which occurred in a natural gas field Tuesday.
Hua Jianmin (L) expresses sympathy and solicitude to a local villager who has been evacuated from the gas explosion area in Kaixian County.
Hua Jianmin (C) expresses sympathy and solicitude to an elderly man who has been evacuated from the gas explosion area .
Hua Jianmin(L) expresses sympathy and solicitude to a woman who has been evacuated from the gas explosion area in Kaixian County.
A medical worker drips eyedrops for a resident at Dunhao Town in Kaixian County, some 337 kilometers northeast of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Dec. 26, 2003.
A boy poisoned by the fatal gas explosion receives a treatment at a hospital in Kaixian County.
Evacuated residents get food at Dunhao Town in Kaixian County, some 337 kilometers northeast of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Dec. 26, 2003. At least 191 people had been confirmed dead Thursday night in a fatal gas explosion at a natural gas field in Kaixian which occurred Tuesday. (Xinhua)