13 Pakistanis Killed in Jordan Farming Village Fire

Arab World

December 2nd, 11:36am

Asharq Al-Awsat

File photo of Jordanian firefighting trucks

A fire has killed 13 Pakistanis in a farming community, Jordanian officials said Monday. The fire broke out early Monday in a shack where two Pakistani families live in the village of al-Shuna al-Janobia, the Jordanian civil defense said in a statement. Three others were injured. It said the dead included eight children, four women and a man — all said to be Pakistani nationals. According to the civil defense, an electrical fault caused the fire. An investigation has been launched. The village sits along the Jordan Valley.

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