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Chlorine gas leak kills 12, injures 251 at Jordan port - Reuters

Chlorine gas leak kills 12, injures 251 at Jordan port - Reuters

Chlorine gas leak kills 12, injures 251 at Jordan port - Reuters
Jun 28, 2022 39 secs

June 27 (Reuters) - At least 12 people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan's Aqaba port, officials and state media reported on Monday.

The leak came after a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported, officials said.

A video posted on state television's Twitter page showed a storage tank falling from a winch and slamming into the deck of a ship, followed by yellow-coloured gas rising into the air as people ran away.

Health ministry officials said they expected only a handful of people to remain hospitalised by Tuesday.

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day.

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