At least 12 people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, officials say.
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.
Experts investigate a tank at the site of a toxic gas explosion in Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba on Tuesday.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.
Chlorine is a widely used disinfectant and water purification agent, but if inhaled, the gas turns to hydrochloric acid, which can lead to internal burning and drowning through a reactionary release of water in the lungs. A medic helps a man suffering breathing difficulties Tuesday after he inhaled chlorine gas from Monday's toxic gas explosion at a private hospital in Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba.There were no vessels unloading any grains cargo at the time of the incident, they added.
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