Emergency workers cheer after they successfully sealed off a natural gas well in Kaixian County, some 337 kilometres northeast of Chongqing on December 27, 2003. 198 people were killed and hundreds injured when the well burst on Tuesday and toxic fumes shot into the air. [newsphoto]

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