Videos: Toxic Gas Leak in Jordan's Aqaba Port Kills At Least 10 People, Injures Over 250
15:45 GMT 27.06.2022 (Updated: 10:15 GMT 07.12.2022)
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The area has been cordoned off, while the injured are being transferred to hospitals for treatment.
At least ten people were killed and over 250 were injured after a toxic gas leak in Jordan's Aqaba port, the Kingdom’s state security department said in a statement.
According to the department, a tanker filled with some sort of toxic gas fell during routine transportation.
Videos allegedly filmed at the port have emerged online, with one of them showing the moment the tanker fell and thick yellow smoke started rising and spreading:
5 people died, 234 were injured in a toxic gas leak from a storage tank in Jordan's 🇯🇴 Aqaba port
— Saad Abedine 🤬😷🤟🏼 (@SaadAbedine) June 27, 2022
Specialized teams were dealing with the leak after a tank filled with toxic gas fell during its transportation, leading to a gas leak at the sitehttps://t.co/mGP53OUea0 https://t.co/N5MRDRSOc2 pic.twitter.com/hxBvOOvBQG
وفيات ومئات الإصابات في حادثة انفجار صهريج غاز الكلوريد المسال في مناء العقبة #الأردن#الأردن_اليوم #العقبة#ميناء_العقبة pic.twitter.com/tl3XAjykZG
— Sara Obeidat 🇯🇴 (@SarasTalk1) June 27, 2022
The area has been blocked off, with those injured being transported to hospitals for treatment. The governor of the port city has stated that civil defence teams managed to contain the gas leak incident.
