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Toxic gas leak at Jordan's port of Aqaba kills 4 people and injures 70 – state television

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A toxic gas leak from a storage tank at the port of Aqaba in Jordan killed four people and injured 70, state television reported Monday.

Quoting a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, a state-run news agency said a dedicated team was dealing with the leak after a tank filled with poisonous gas fell in transit and a gas leak occurred at the scene. Company Petra said. (Reported by Moataz Moahmed, Omar Fahmy, Nayera Abdallah, edited by Peter Graff)

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