A Chinese firefighting vessel approaches a burning tanker and sprays water on the fire during a joint river emergency drill along a stretch of the Heilongjiang River which marks part of the boundary between China and Russia, Aug. 18, 2009. The boundary river exercise was held by Chinese province of Heilongjiang and Russia's Amur Region Tuesday, and nearly 300 personnel from both sides and 40 boats participated in. [Xinhua] |