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Toxic gas leak suffocates Jordan’s Aqaba port!

 

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Jordan’s Aqaba port witnessed a deadly gas leak from a storage tank. The event has resulted in the deaths of thirteen people and injuries of nearly 250 people. 

State authorities have urged locals to stay inside their homes with the windows locked and to avoid going outside. Chlorine is widely employed as a disinfectant and as a water purification agent. A video on a social media platform shows a tank colliding with the deck of a ship.

Officials have suspended work at nearby Jordan’s Aqaba grain storage units to enable inspection and detection of any symptoms of contamination.

Key facts of the gas leak at Jordan’s Aqaba port!

  • A cable that was raising a tank that was full of 25 tonnes of chlorine broke. This caused the container to fall to the ground, which resulted in the leak.
  • This causes clouds of yellow gas to be released and send dock employees running in the opposite direction.
  • If inhaled, chlorine gas converts into hydrochloric acid. This could cause internal burning and drowning due to a reactive release of water from the lungs.
  • As per authorities, the gas was dense as it accumulated in one region.
  • Health authorities stated that all the injured were in “medium to serious condition.” Also, they anticipated a small number of patients needed to be hospitalised. 

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