More than a dozen Pakistanis killed in Jordan Valley farm fire
As many as 13 Pakistanis died when a fire swept through their temporary residences on a farming estate in Jordan Valley.
Monday, 2nd December 2019
As many as 13 Pakistanis died when a fire swept through their temporary residences on a farming estate in Jordan Valley.
The Middle Eastern country's civil defence stated that the fire broke out early on Monday in a house where two Pakistani families lived in the village of al-Shuna al-Janobia.
The village sits along the Jordan Valley, south of the confluence of the Yarmouk and Jordan rivers.
Fire service spokesman Iyad al-Omari told public broadcaster Al-Mamlaka that eight children, four women and a man died in the blaze. The reason behind the fire according to a preliminary investigation is likely said to be due to an electrical fault.
Another civil defence source said two families lived in corrugated iron sheds that housed immigrant labourers and that a police investigation had been opened into the incident.
Three other people suffering from shock and burns were taken to hospital.
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