TULKAREM (Ma’an) -- Civil defense crews extinguished two fires on Saturday in the northern city of Tulkarem.

A report from the civil defense public relations office said that fire crews had been deployed to the areas of Balah and Allar, in the north of the Tulkarem.

The report said that the fire in Allar began to due a short circuit in one of the bedrooms while witnesses said that the fire in Balah was set intentionally.