Elba House fire was act of arson — PSD

AMMAN — The fire that erupted on Saturday at Elba House Company was an act of arson, the Public Security Department (PSD) announced Tuesday.

A fire erupted late Saturday at the yard of the Elba House Company in Sweileh, burning 18 vehicles.

Firefighters managed to put out the blaze and prevented it from reaching nine other vehicles.

No casualties were reported and a committee was formed to determine the cause of the fire.

The PSD said in a statement that investigation proved the blaze was intentionally set by a former employee of the bus-body building company in collaboration with two of his friends.

The suspect confessed to setting the buses ablaze using gasoline in collaboration with two other people, one of whom is also a former employee of Elba House.

“Two of the perpetrators are now under arrest while a search is under way for the third,” the PSD said in the statement.