- Jordan’s public prosecutor has opened an investigation into a chlorine gas leak that killed 13 people and injured over 300 in Aqaba.
- The port began returning to normal Tuesday, with all but one dock due to reopen as further safety checks were to be carried out.
- The chlorine escaped when the cable snapped on a crane loading a tank of liquefied gas onto a ship.
Jordan’s public prosecutor opened an investigation into a chlorine gas leak that killed 13 people and injured over 300 in the coastal city of Aqaba on Tuesday.
According to officials, at least four Asian migrants were killed on Monday when a tank of toxic gas fell on the dockside in the Red Sea port.
A judicial source told AFP that the country’s public prosecutor and team of forensic experts had moved “to examine and collect samples and evidence at the scene of the accident and initiate investigation procedures”.
As King Abdullah II chaired an emergency meeting of the government’s crisis cell, the country’s health minister said 332 people had been admitted to hospital after the incident, though most had since been discharged.
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