
Toxic gas leak in Jordan kills at least 12 people, injures hundreds
CNN
At least 12 people were killed and 260 people were injured after toxic gas leaked out of a container in Jordan's port of Aqaba, Jordan's government told CNN Arabic on 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.
Eight of the victims were Jordanians and the rest are of different nationalities, the government says.

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The House Judiciary Committee is demanding interviews with four current and former Department of Justice officials who were involved in subpoenaing phone records for several members of Congress around the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the day before Republicans interview former special counsel Jack Smith.










