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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Jordan port workers suspend work to protest deaths in chlorine gas leak

FILE PHOTO: CCTV footage shows a storage tank containing chlorine gas crashing into a ship after falling from a winch, in Aqaba, Jordan June 27, 2022, in this still image taken from a handout video. Jordan TV/Handout via REUTERS

Workers at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba began a work stoppage on Sunday to protest poor safety precautions following the deaths of thirteen people in a chlorine gas leak accident at a major berth, unionists said.

The deaths and injury of over 300 workers came after a crane loading chlorine containers onto a ship last Monday dropped one onto the quay, causing it to explode.

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