Fire at two-storey Khalda building extinguished

AMMAN – Civil Defence Department (CDD) personnel on Monday extinguished a fire that erupted in the second storey of a house in Amman’s Khalda area, according to a CDD statement.

The firefighters evacuated 30 children from the ground floor, which is a kindergarten, to prevent any injuries, the statement added.

CDD cadres administered first aid to two people who suffered shortness of breath and took one of them to King Hussein Medical Centre, where he was listed in fair condition.