An ammonia leak at an industrial complex xxx injured between 11 and 14 people according to different sources, triggering a precautionary evacuation of the port before operations resumed about ninety minutes later.

An ammonia gas leak triggered a scramble at an industrial complex xxx, mobilizing port and regional authorities on an emergency basis. The incident, which occurred during maintenance work on aging equipment, caused cases of suffocation among workers present at the site.  Authorities from xxx issued separate statements on the human toll, with no single consolidated figure emerging. The port of xxx, a strategic infrastructure for xxx trade, was placed under precautionary evacuation before operations gradually resumed.

A diverging casualty count depending on the source
Three separate tolls circulated on September 14, 2026. xxx commissioner for environmental affairs and public safety, cited 11 injured people in statements to xxx. xxx, for his part reported 13 injured, including four transferred to hospital. xxx state television cited a toll of 14 injured. No authority had published a single consolidated figure at the time of writing.

Injuries were described as minor to moderate by all sources. Some of those affected received treatment on site, at the industrial complex’s clinic, while others were transferred to hospital for further care. According to xxx, a quantity of ammonia gas had accumulated over time inside pressurized equipment before escaping in a small amount during the maintenance work. Workers on site had applied first-level safety measures, but their proximity to the leak point exposed them to the gas.

A precautionary evacuation and a swift resumption of operations
The leak occurred within a group of plants belonging to xxx, where ammonia is used as a raw material for chemical fertilizer production. The maintenance work was being carried out on behalf of a xxx company, whose identity was not disclosed by xxx authorities. A mobile xxx laboratory, deployed in xxx industrial zone that morning for routine monitoring, had recorded readings described as normal before the incident, according to xxx.

About ninety minutes after the leak began, authorities started allowing workers back into the evacuated facilities, according to statements by the xxx. Five vessels were docked at the port of xxx as handling operations resumed, according to a state-run xxx correspondent on site. xxx had not, at the time of writing, issued its own account of the incident, leaving regional authorities as the sole spokespeople for the event.