Amman, Aug 2 (DPA) Jordan would lodge a protest with Israel over fires that started in Israel last month and spread across the border, damaging a number of citrus farms in the Jordan Valley, the official Petra news agency reported Saturday.

'Jordan will lodge a protest with the Israeli Foreign Ministry tomorrow,' Petra quoted an official source as saying.

The Israeli ambassador in Amman will also be summoned to explain what happened and 'give guarantees that it will not happen in future,' the official said.

Jordanian officials claimed the blaze damaged 100 dunams (25 acres) planted with crops and citrus trees, and spread as high temperatures and strong winds carried the flames from Israel into Jordan.