Firefighters were able to gain control over a large wildfire that broke out near the city of Elad and the Nahshonim industrial zone in central Israel on Tuesday, as a historic heatwave continues to afflict the country.
Some 17 crews from the Israel Fire and Rescue Services in Petah Tikva, along with eight crews from the Nature and Parks Authority and eight firefighting planes, worked to battle the flames that were being fanned by strong winds. Some 15,000 hectares of land were burned, mostly within a nature reserve in the area.#
Full Story (The Jerusalem Post)
