Chemical spill contaminates China river, water affected

Water utility companies along the Fuchun River in east China's Zhejiang Province stopped drawing water from the river at noon on Sunday following a chemical spill in its upper reaches.

The spill happened at around 3 a.m. on Sunday when a tanker truck carrying tetrachloroethane overturned on a road in Tonglu County and some of its chemicals flowed into the Fuchun River.