Amman: Ten other folks had been killed and greater than 200 injured Monday in a poisonous fuel leak in Jordan’s Aqaba port, the federal government spokesman mentioned.

Pictures on state TV confirmed a big cylinder plunging from a crane on a moored vessel, inflicting a violent explosion of yellow fuel.

The dying toll rose to ten, Faisal al-Shaboul instructed AFP, revising an preliminary toll of 5 killed.

High Minister Bishr Khasawneh and Inner Minister Mazen al-Faraya headed to the website of the twist of fate, state media reported.

Civil defence spokesman Amer al-Sartawy had previous reported that 234 other folks had been injured after the tank full of poisonous fuel fell.

“Experts and the hazardous components crew within the civil defence are dealing” with the incident, Sartawy added.

In line with Jordanian legit assets, Aqaba’s southern seashore used to be evacuated following the incident.

Jordan’s Aqaba port is the rustic’s simplest marine terminal and a key transit level for an infinite portion of its imports and exports.