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An explosion at a military ammunition depot rocked Zarqa, Jordan.

Amman, Jordan 

A series of massive explosions that rocked Jordan’s second largest city early yesterday was caused by mortar shells stored at an army munitions depot warping in an intense heat wave, the army said. The government had earlier blamed an electric short circuit for the dawn blasts, which lit the desert sky and could be seen in the capital Amman, 35 km (22 miles) to the southwest.