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Forest fires ravage Jerusalem and environs, heightened by heat and winds
Forest fires ravage Jerusalem and environs, heightened by heat and winds
“Hundreds of acres of forest have been burned, perhaps even more,” said Israeli forester Gidi Bashan.
Fires Credit: KKL-JNF
(June 9, 2021 / JNS) Multiple firefighting squads are battling out-of-control forest fires outside of Jerusalem on Wednesday, due to the hot and dry June weather combined with strong winds.
Ground crews are working to contain the spread with the support of firefighting aircraft from above near Har Haruach, Neve Ilan, Kibbutz Ma’aleh Hachamisha, Abu Ghosh and other locations.
Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael Jewish-Jewish National Fund called the fire at Ma’aleh Hachamisha a “major event.”