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Hanna Davis

‘A disaster’: Aqaba port unsafe for years, say gas leak survivors

Mohammad Fathi Attato, survivor of the Aqaba port leak in Jordan, lies in a hospital bed [Hanna Davis/Al Jazeera]

Aqaba, Jordan — While employees at the Aqaba Ports Corporation (APC) have ended a seven-day strike following a deadly toxic chlorine gas leak last week, many of the survivors face a long convalescence and have recounted a litany of long-standing health and safety problems at the southern Jordanian port.

The leak happened after a tank carrying 25 tonnes of chlorine gas fell while being transported on June 27, killing 13 people and injuring more than 300.

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