A poisonous gas leakage incident occurred in the port of Jordan, which had killed 14 people

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

Video editing Xuan Yiyao

According to the Peninsula TV Station, on June 27, local time, a poisonous chlorine gas leakage incident occurred in the port city of southern Jordan, causing 12 people to die and 251 injuries. According to CCTV news reports, as of now, the number of deaths caused by the accident has risen to 14, and 265 were injured.

Poisonous gas leak (screenshot of network video)

A video released by the Jordan National Television on Twitter showed that a container dropped on a freighter on the port of Avappa, an explosion occurred, and a large amount of yellow gases quickly rose on the ground.

National Television said that 199 wounded people were undergoing chemical contact treatment in local hospitals, and some wounded people were in critical condition.

Deputy Director of the Port Ayakpa said that a gas storage tank with 25 tons of chlorine was dropped due to a broken transport belt containing a container. The gas storage tank was originally prepared to export to the Djibiti in northeast Africa.

After the accident, the civil defense department has sent an expert group to the port to handle the leakage and clean up the operation.

According to Agence France -Presse, the southern beach in the southern Akba is only 7 kilometers from the accident place, and there are many tourists here. After the accident, the beach was evacuated. The residents of the Yakapop city, 16 kilometers away from the port, were asked to stay indoors and close the doors and windows.

It is understood that chlorine is a chemical for industrial and home cleaning products. It is pressed into yellow -green gases at normal temperature, usually storage and transportation after pressurization and cooling. If people inhale chlorine or skin contact with chlorine, chlorine will damage human cells. High -concentration of chlorine may cause lung edema to endanger life.

At present, Jordan Prime Minister Belish Hasana has already flew to Akhaga and ordered the Minister of the Internal Affairs Minister Mazan Faraya to investigate the incident.

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