12 killed, 251 injured in toxic gas leak at Jordan's port
STORY: 12 killed, 251 injured in toxic gas leak at Jordan's port
DATELINE: June 28, 2022
LENGTH: 00:03:45
LOCATION: AQABA, Jordan
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of a video from a nearby CCTV camera, which shows the accident
2. various of injuries being treated at a local hospital in Aqaba of Jordan
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOAWIA ALSQOOR, Worker at the Aqaba port
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SHADI MARRYAT, Administrator at the Islamic hospital in Aqaba
STORYLINE:
Twelve people were killed and 251 others injured on Monday in a chemical gas leak from a container at Jordan's Aqaba port, Jordan state TV reported.
SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOAWIA ALSQOOR, Worker at the Aqaba port
"I heard a loud explosion, so I got out from the crane towards the ship, and I saw the yellow material. I didn't know that it is toxic. I thought that the ship exploded later on. When I knew it's a toxic material, I ran away. Then I started to suffocate. And they took me to the ambulance and got to the hospital."
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