Ammonia leak in Jordan's Aqaba injures 11 during maintenance work

Eleven people were injured when ammonia gas leaked during maintenance at Jordan's Aqaba industrial complex on Monday.

• The leak was contained shortly after it occurred, and the southern port of Aqaba was evacuated as a precaution.
• Nidal al-Owran, environment commissioner at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, said the ammonia leaked during maintenance work carried out under a Japanese company, causing 11 mild to moderate suffocation cases.
• Al-Owran said some of the injured were treated at the industrial complex clinic while others were transferred to hospital, and that workers will return only after an additional safety inspection.