4:31PM IL: A Jerusalem Fire Service spokesman reported a fire in a talmid torah at Yitzchak Tabenkin Street in the N’vei Yaakov neighborhood of the capital on Monday afternoon 3 Shevat.

It is reportedly a “large complicated structure” the report states, adding “firemen on the scene have located the cause of the blaze”. There is acrid smoke emanating from the building and firefighters are still making sure no one is trapped inside as efforts to extinguish the blaze continue.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)