Amman, Sept. 6 (Petra) -- Three siblings were killed and their parents injured Sunday after a fire swept through their apartment in Zarqa Governorate, according to the Public Security Directorate (PSD).

The PSD spokesperson said firefighting and ambulance crews from the Zarqa Civil Defense Directorate rushed to the scene after the blaze broke out in a fourth-floor apartment of a four-story residential building.

The victims were a seven-month-old girl and two children aged four and seven, who died after sustaining severe burns. Their parents suffered burns of varying degrees as well as breathing difficulties.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze and brought it under control, while ambulance crews provided first aid to the injured before transferring them to Zarqa Government Hospital, where they remain under treatment. The children’s bodies were also taken to the hospital.

Authorities have opened an investigation to determine the cause of the fire.

//Petra// RZ

06/09/2026 09:19:10