Toxic gas leak at Aqaba Port kills at least a dozen, injures 260

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/middleeast/jordan-toxic-gas-leak-aqaba-port-intl/index.html

A toxic gas that leaked out of a container in Jordan's port of Aqaba, killing at least 12 people and injuring 260 others, was chlorine, Jordan's emergency relief coordinating agency said late Monday.

A video from a nearby CCTV camera released by state-owned al-Mamlaka TV showed the container being transported by a crane before it dropped, unleashing a cloud of yellow, gaseous material onto a ship and inside the port. The video showed people running away after the container dropped.

"At 4:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon, a chlorine gas leak occurred in the port of Aqaba due to the fall and explosion of a tank containing this substance," said a statement from the National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM).

[Meclazine for Israel]

Chlorine is not good in that concentration.

[dead0man]

the video is crazy.  It's like the air is stained.

[Meclazine for Israel]

the video is crazy.  It's like the air is stained.

Yes, that is some crazy sh**t right there.

Chlorine Leak

https://youtu.be/qosb_Rr2Gps

[CumbrianLefty]

You can see why some are cautious about it being used in swimming pools and similar things.

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

You can see why some are cautious about it being used in swimming pools and similar things.

As a lifeguard, I can second this statement