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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, 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. |
| 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. | 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 several army bases are located on the outskirts of Zarqa near the Ghabawi peak. | Maps of the area show several army bases are located on the outskirts of Zarqa near the Ghabawi peak. |
| Local residents reported shattered windows and seeing flames licking up into the night sky. | Local residents reported shattered windows and seeing flames licking up into the night sky. |
| Some social media users rushed to compare 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. | |
| However, there have been no known casualties from the Friday incident, the government said. | |
| “According to the Army General Command, so far no casualties have been recorded as a result of the explosion," Adaileh said. He added that the munitions depot was in an area otherwise uninhabited. | |
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