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(CRIENGLISH) -- Authorities in east
China's Dalian city will decide whether to relocate a petrochemical project
following fears of toxic spill sparked by a dike breach earlier this week.
Sea waves whipped up by tropical storm Muifa off the coast of northeast
China's Liaoning Province broke a dike in the Jinshan Industrial Zone in Dalian
on Monday and threatened to hit the Fujia chemical plant just 50 meters behind
the dike.
The two breaches, which measured at least 20 to 30 meters long each, were
later temporarily blocked, but there was still fear that the strong waves might
wash away the loosely piled rocks and breach the dike again. Trucks dumped rocks
and concrete to reinforce the newly repaired parts, Xinhua News Agency said in
an earlier report.
The Fujia chemical plant is a producer of paraxylene, a carcinogenic
petrochemical used to create raw materials for the production of polyester film
and fabrics.
Residents in nearby areas were evacuated, and plant employees transported
the toxic chemicals from the tanks near the dike.
Dalian Mayor Li Wancai said at a meeting on Tuesday that the dike
breaches had been blocked and no chemical spills had occurred, Xinhua reported.
The government will form a team to investigate the breach incident and hold
those responsible to account, Li said.
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