From Xinhua News Agency: (0729 CR M04) GAS LEAK SICKENS DOZENS DATELINE: July 29, 2011 LENGTH: 00:00:40 A gas leak in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region sickens 97 people. The waste gas leaked from a pipeline of Guigang Iron and Steel Company Thursday in the city of Guigang. SOUNDBITE (CHINESE) LOCAL VILLAGER "It was around 6 or 7 p.m. on Thursday. The stinky black smoke leaked out. The smoke has been surrounding us. It's very very stinky. You can smell it even now." All the 97 people live nearby the plant. They are suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. Seven of them are severely sickened. However, none of their lives are in danger. The leaking pipeline at the company has already been shut off. Powered by www.newslook.com