2:31PM IL: A fire is burning out of control in a forest near Yokneam in northern Israel. B’chasdei Hashem, at present there are no injuries. Police have evacuated 2,900 youths, some Israel scouts, to evacuate the area.
Police are coming the area to make sure there are no visitors still in the forest.
A frontal command center has been set up and various EMS and other agencies are cooperating as firefighters try to bring the blaze under control.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Today, on Rosh Chodesh, local authorities reported that there was a fire started @ the Kotel. Upon further examination, they found it was the Women of the Wall who started it.
Baruch Hashem, they have been returned to the loonie asylum