Civil Defence Department deals with 111 incidents in one day

AMMAN — The Civil Defence Department (CDD) on Thursday said it dealt with 111 incidents that resulted in 67 injuries over the previous 24 hours. Four people were injured in a two-vehicle collision in Irbid and two others were injured in a hit-and-run incident on the Amman-Zarqa Highway.

Zarqa CDD extinguished a fire that erupted in a soap factory in Hashemiyeh area, without registering any injuries.

An investigation to determine the cause of the fire was initiated, the CDD added. Moreover, Aqaba CDD contained a fire caused by an overturned fuel tanker in the southern beach area. No one was injured.