A military tank is driven into Tianyuan Chemical Plant in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality April 18, 2004. The remaining three chlorine gas storage tanks at the plant where a serial gas blast occurred on Friday after a chlorine gas leakage were destroyed by the tank on Sunday. The city decided to detonate the gas storage tanks in order to prevent them from continuing leaking chlorine gas. The accident left nine people dead and missing and another three injured. (Xinhua)

Army soldiers use an armor-piercing cannon to detonate chlorine gas tanks in Chongqing after an accidental leak April 18, 2004.[newsphoto]

Soliders prepare to fire armor-piercing ammunition with tanks. [newsphoto]

Soldiers prepare to detonate gas tanks.[newsphoto]

SChlorine gas tanks are destroyed.[newsphoto]

Environmental workers monitor the air quality in areas near the chemical plant. [newsphoto]

Smoke rises at Tianyuan Chemical Plant when the remaining chlorine gas storage tanks are being bombarded by tank in Chongqing, April 18, 2004.(Xinhua)

Firemen carry emergency equipment before bombarding the remaining chlorine gas storage tanks. (Xinhua)

Huang Zhendong (2nd R), secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Wang Hongju (R), mayor of Chongqing, discuss bombing plan. (Xinhua)

By People's Daily Online