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MASSIVE explosion shakes outskirts of Jordanian capital (VIDEO) MASSIVE explosion shakes outskirts of Jordanian capital (VIDEO)
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A series of explosions have lit up the night sky outside the city of Zarqa, northeast of Amman, the capital of Jordan, reportedly at a military ammunition depot in Ghabawi. A series of explosions have lit up the night sky outside the city of Zarqa, northeast of Amman, the capital of Jordan, at a military ammunition depot in Ghabawi.
Petra, the Jordanian state news agency, reported only that the explosion took place in the Ghabawi area east of Zarqa, giving no further details. The explosion took place at a warehouse of “unusable mortar bombs” in the Ghabawi area east of Zarqa and was caused by an electrical short, Petra reported citing Jordan’s minister of media affairs Amjad Adaileh.
Maps of the area show the King Abdullah II Air Base located near the Ghabawi peak, on the boundary between the Zarqa and Amman governorates. Maps of the area show several army bases are located on the outskirts of Zarqa near the Ghabawi peak.
Reuters, meanwhile, reported, citing a security source, that the explosions took place at an army base outside Zarqa. Local residents reported shattered windows and seeing flames licking up into the night sky.
Some social media users have already compared the Zarqa explosion to the blast at the port of Beirut, Lebanon last month, when a warehouse filled with ammonium nitrate devastated the port and caused at least 190 deaths and 6,500 injuries.
There were no official reports of any casualties in the incident.
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