Carmel Forest Fire Google Map
This is a map of the the areas affected by the Carmel forest fire in northern Israel, which began Thursday Dec. 2.
This is a map of the the areas affected by the Carmel forest fire in northern Israel, which began Thursday Dec. 2.
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu honored foreign rescue and fire fighting delegations that assisted in putting out the Carmel Forest fire.
The teen arrested after admitting to starting the Carmel Forest fire was released from police custody to house arrest.\n
Shawn Evenhaim and Shoham Nicolet were both officers in the Israeli army, so they know what it means to be able to sit down during a ten-minute break in action on the field and open a package with some snacks and towelettes and a personal letter from someone overseas thanking you for protecting the Jewish homeland.
A 14-year-old resident of the Druze village of Ussfiya was arrested after admitting to starting the fire that destroyed much of the Carmel Forest.
The number of Israelis killed in a massive fire in the Carmel Forest rose to 42 with the death of Haifa Police Chief Ahuva Tomer.
Israel is close to dousing the Carmel wildfire that has devastated thousands of acres of land in the north, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said on Sunday.
Two male residents of Daliat al-Carmel were released on Friday after having earlier been arrested on the suspicion that they had attempted to ignite fires in the Carmel hills region. After being questioned by police, it became clear that the two were not responsible for the acts they were suspected of. The initial inquiry conducted by fire investigators has pointed to negligence, not arson, as the cause of the largest wildfire in Israeli history.
Uncontrolled Carmel fire leads to the evacuation of more than 17,000 Israelis in Northern Israel Friday. Watch video footage here:
The fire raging in northern Israel was still out of control as the sun set on Friday, with 42 people reported dead.