The fires unleashed in the mountains of the periphery of Jerusalem, for causes still unknown, are still active. The army intervenes to try to quell the flames and fire teams and aid have made firewalls to prevent them from reaching the city. A dozen hydrophions operate in the area and is expected that in the next few hours others will join. Italy and Cyprus prepares to send help equipment. So far there are thousands of evacuates and 36 The injured between civilians and firefighters.
In a statement, which reproduces EfeIsrael’s Defense Forces (FDI) report that they have added extinction work 50 Fire trucks deployed in the affected areas and work together with the Fire and Rescue teams.
during the night of Wednesday, dozens of engineering vehicles began operating throughout the country to form firewalls and prevent the flames from spreading to other areas.
The army also supplied water tanks with approximately 300,000 liters to the operational equipment and a military plane operated during the night launching fireproof materials.
Help of Italy and Cyprus
A dozen aircraft work this Thursday in extinguishing fires that hit mountains close to Jerusalem and are expected to arrive throughout the day of Italy and Cyprus to join the work, which are located in eleven sectors.
Thousands of people were evacuated on Wednesday of their homes and continue to be in SIETE COMMUNITYs: Shaar Hagai, mesilat zion, beit meir, shoresh, neve ilan, yad Hasmona, netaf.
17 Firefighters were injured, two of them transferred to hospitals, during the tasks of extinction of the fires, to which another 19 civilians are added by inhalation of smoke.
The fires were unleashed on Wednesday in mountains near Jerusalem and continue on Thursday uncontrolled, although the police have announced that cut roads have been reopened.
The strong wind and environmental dryness helped the spread of the flames, whose origin is still unknown.
