A “container full of toxic gas” overturned during transport in the port of Aqaba in southern Jordan. The gas then escaped, causing the death of 10 people and injuring 200 others, indicated the Minister of Information, Fayçal al-Chouboul, also spokesman for the Jordanian government.
According to officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, this container fell from a boat and the southern area of the port was evacuated. Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh and his Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya visited the site, according to the official Al-Mamlaka television channel.
Aqaba, one of the main ports on the Red Sea, is the only seaport in the Hashemite Kingdom, through which most Jordanian imports and exports pass.
Source: 20minutes
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