At least 12 people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan's Aqaba port, officials and state media reported on Monday.

The leak came after a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported, officials said.

Footage on state TV showed a large cylinder plunging from a crane onto a moored ship, causing a violent release of a yellow gas.

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