Shocking footage captures the moment dock workers fled from Jordan’s Aqaba port as it became engulfed with poisonous gas – killing 10 people.

This is the shocking moment ten people were killed as plumes of poisonous gas filled a port after a crane dropped a 25 tonne (25,000kg) chlorine tank.

Panicked dock workers were seen fleeing from Jordan’s Aqaba port as it became engulfed with the yellow-coloured toxic gas – injuring at least 251 people, The Sun reports.

The leak was caused after a tank filled with 25 tonnes (25,000kg) of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported, officials said.

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Authorities have urged people living and working nearby to close their windows and stay inside.

Chilling footage showed the storage tank falling from a winch before slamming into the deck of a ship.

Brightly-coloured gas could then be seen rising into the air as horrified people ran away.

The Civil Defence service said specialised teams are still dealing with the leak.

According to Public Security Directorate, a total of 251 people were injured, with a further ten killed.

Evacuation planes have been sent into Aqaba.

Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh arrived in the city and headed to a hospital where some of the injured were being treated, state TV reported.

An investigation into the incident has been launched by officials.

Chlorine is a widely used disinfectant and water purification agent, but if inhaled the gas turns to hydrochloric acid, which can lead to internal burning and drowning through a reactionary release of water in the lungs.

The director general of the Jordan Maritime Commission said Aqaba’s grain silos halted work for further checks, but maritime traffic at Aqaba ports will continue, state news agency Petra reported.

Director General Muhammad Salman said: “We asked the ships that were near the area of the tank explosion to stay away from the area immediately.”

Aqaba sits on the northern tip of the Red Sea, next to the Israeli city of Eilat.

Eilat’s emergency services said in a statement that there was no impact on the city but that they were following the situation closely.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

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