firefighting

Fire that destroyed Israeli community founded by Shlomo Carlebach is suspected arson

Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service initially blamed the blaze on faulty electric wires, but has since discovered that it had several points of origin, suggesting arson.

By Marcy Oster May 26, 2019 10:47 am

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Over 1,000 fires extinguished throughout Israel

Among the causes of the fires which erupted in hot and dry conditions were faults in electrical cables, embers from Lag B’Omer bonfires, arson and incendiary balloons launched from Gaza at southern Israel,

May 26, 2019 10:26 am

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Why planting more trees in Israel is a bad idea right now

Replanting the forests after the fires would do irreversible damage to Israel's already weakened ecosystem, writes a top Israeli environmentalist.

December 5, 2016 12:33 pm

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Top US firefighters ‘dropped everything’ to help Israel battle the blazes

By Andrew Tobin November 28, 2016 11:01 am

Israel sends firefighting aircraft to battle blaze in Cyprus

June 19, 2016 12:55 pm

Israeli official claims country has fewest fire fatalities in world

February 2, 2016 3:19 pm

Massive Jerusalem fire brought under control amid heatwave

August 2, 2015 1:51 pm

Moshav resident arrested for starting Jerusalem fire now seen as accident

By Marcy Oster July 19, 2011 12:58 pm

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