Jordan said a series of massive explosions that rocked the city of Zarqa early on Friday was likely caused by an electric short circuit at a nearby army munitions depot.
There were no immediate reports of casualties from the explosions which took place in the desert east of Jordan's second-largest city, the government and the army command said.
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Huge orange flames lit the desert night sky and could be seen as far away as the capital Amman, 22 miles to the southwest.
