Hundreds of fires across Israel causing huge damage - suspicion of intentional arsons

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by Ifi Reporter Category:Law Oct 9, 2020

Israel has experienced day and night hundreds of fires across the country. Most of the fires broke out due to the heavy heat that hit Israel on Friday. However, the fire services estimate that there were quite a few arsons. However, this will become clear after most of the fires have been extinguished and it will be possible to start investigations. The firefighters gained control of most of the fires towards Friday evening, but on Mount Deborah near the Galilee landscape the fire was still raging during the evening and night. Dozens of firefighting planes from the Elad Squadron that assisted the firefighting efforts ceased operations as darkness fell, but the fire and rescue services estimate that the winds will gradually weaken and therefore there is no danger of the fire spreading in any of the hotspots.
According to a fire and rescue source, the problematic focus is mainly that in the Galilee landscape area, and at first light (around 5:00 in the morning) the planes will start operating again in this sector. Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana participated in the assessment of the situation of the Israel Police and the security and rescue forces in the Galilee landscape together with Mayor Ronen Plot, Fire and Rescue Commissioner Major Dedi Simchi, Deputy Commander of the Coastal District, and IDF and MDA representatives. "Firefighting efforts are expected to continue into the night in an effort to take control of all the fires by tomorrow."
Residents were initially evacuated from the Mario Laznik and Malibu neighborhoods, and later residents began evacuating in the northern neighborhood, on Kishon, Yodfat, and Golan Arbel streets. The Municipality of Nof Hagalil announced that starting at 20:00, residents of Hagai, Tavor, Kishon, Jasmine and Golan streets will be allowed to return to their homes.
The Galilee Landscape Municipality estimates that the damages amount to millions. MDA teams treated at least four victims of smoke inhalation in the Galilee landscape, it was reported that their condition was mild.
The Plaza Hotel in the Galilee landscape was opened for the benefit of the evacuees, in addition to several community centers. Galilee Landscape Mayor Ronen Plot arrived at the scene along with other municipal employees and went to a nearby supermarket to purchase refreshments for the evacuees. He surveyed the situation and asked them to maintain social distance despite the situation: "We will take control of the fire but the corona is still here," he said.
At the day center for the elderly on Tirosh Street in the city, a gathering place was opened for residents who need isolation due to exposure to the corona virus. The municipality has turned to the Home Front Command, which will take care of about 1,200 dishes tonight as dinner for the evacuees. The municipality began using emergency supplies destined for war in order to provide first aid to residents who were forced to evacuate their homes.
City officials said the logistical challenge now aside from putting out the fire is worrying evacuees at the concentration points. In many cases, these are elderly people who have left their homes empty-handed, without medication and other equipment, or in families with children who need assistance with diapers and baby food.
The Jewish National Fund says that the fire in the slopes of Nazareth, near the Galilee landscape, is "the largest forest fire in this area for decades." According to the foresters of the Eastern Galilee region, "all the forest between Deborah and the Galilee landscape, including the entire Mount Deborah, was burned, including large sections of the Beit Keshet View Road and the Mount Deborah parking lot and the Churchill Monument."
Firefighters were also called yesterday to the Hadera area, the Hefer Valley, the Oranim village, Mevo Dotan, Nazareth, Umm al-Kutuf, Fureidis, the Margaliot area, the Lapidot area, Netanya and Kafr Qara following fires.
Eighty families were evacuated from their homes in the village of Oranim, with the help of dozens of IDF fighters who were rushed to the scene. One house was severely damaged by the fire, and three other houses were slightly damaged. Others were completely burned, and the circumstances of the fire are still under investigation.
At the same time, 19 teams of firefighters were also called to the fire near Bat Hefer and evacuated dozens of families from the line of fire in Bat Hefer and Bahan localities. The IDF noted that a fire helicopter was called to the area and the road between Bat Hefer and Bahan was blocked to traffic. A fire also broke out in the Kiryat Hasharon neighborhood of Netanya and two crews were called to the scene.
In the afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held consultations led by him on the issue of fires throughout the country with the participation of the Minister of Internal Security, the Acting Commissioner, the Fire Commissioner, the National Security Council and other sources. The Prime Minister received an update and review from the Fire Commissioner. "I use all available resources and, if necessary, consider international assistance. The commissioner noted that such assistance is not currently required, and that the fire brigade is assisted by police forces and the Home Front Command." I strengthen the firefighters and the Home Front Command who are doing hard work at this time, "Netanyahu said.
President Reuven Rivlin said he was "following with concern the updates on the fire spreading in several areas of the country, and my heart goes out to the civilians who were evacuated from their homes at this time of anxiety and tension. Full shutdown soon. "
Suspicion in the defense establishment: Some of the fires in Samaria - deliberate arson
The IDF also assisted in a fire that broke out in the locality of Mevo Dotan, and the fighters evacuated the first line of houses in the locality. It was also decided to announce the evacuation of all residents in the nearby Maoz Zvi, and about 20 families were evacuated from the locality to the Beit Zamir club in Mevo Dotan.
In Samaria, fires also developed in the area of ​​the settlement of Einav and between Ariel and Salfit. The defense establishment suspects that some of the fires that broke out during the day in Samaria are the result of deliberate arson by Palestinians. A security source said that the security forces are working with the aim of locating suspects and collecting findings at the various centers.
The chairman of the joint list, MK Ayman Odeh, said that "the fires in northern localities such as the Corona virus do not differentiate between Jewish and Arab residents. Before the defense establishment chooses to accuse Palestinians of arson again as in previous times - "In recent years, the fire brigade, despite the repeated fires in recent years."
In Nazareth, a fire broke out at an IMI plant, and in the Hadera area, there are forest fires approaching Kibbutz Lehavot Haviva and the Iron Forest. Many teams, in cooperation with volunteers and on-call forces, were called to the scene.
A large forest fire also broke out in the area of ​​Lapidot in the Galilee and raged in the Tefen Forest and Nahal Beit HaEmek.

 

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