A chlorine gas explosion on Monday killed 12 people and injured more than 250, authorities said, when a tank that fell from a crane released a poisonous yellow cloud at Jordan’s Port of Aqaba.
Footage on al-Mamlaka TV showed the large cylinder, said to have been carrying about 30 tonnes of gas, plunging from a crane on a moored vessel and violently releasing the chlorine gas cloud.
The force of the explosion sent a truck rolling down the dock, while workers at the port ran for their lives.
“At exactly 15:15 this afternoon, a chlorine gas leak occurred in the Port of Aqaba
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Gantz says Israeli defense establishment ready to assist with any effort, by any means necessary; Jordanian state-run TV outlets said that the death toll from the blast had risen to 13