A fire was extinguished without incident in the IDF’s Anatot base between Jerusalem and Mishor Adumim.

Branches and sticks were found leaning against trees in the Churchill Forest in the Upper Nazareth area. B’chasdei Hashem they were detected before someone lit the area up.

Arabs set a field ablaze north of Yitzhar in the Shomron.

15 homes in the community of Yaad were evacuated due to a fire in that area, a northern district police spokesman reports.

10 fire victims in light condition remain in Bnei Tzion Hospital in Haifa.

Firefighters have brought the blaze in Yaad, located in the Misgav Council under control and people may return to their homes.

Holon Chief Rav Rabbi Avraham Yosef Shlita calls on shuls to open the Aron Kodesh on Shabbos and be mispallel for rain.

Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav announced 700 homes were ruined in the fires and they are no longer suitable to live in.

Haifa: Residents of Ramat Chen, Ramot Remez, Ramot Begin, Ramot Alon, and Ramot Almogi are permitted to return to their homes except for Einstein Street in the latter neighborhood.

A number of PA (Palestinian Authority) firetrucks continue operating in Haifa, assisting Israeli firemen.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)