Bus used in evacuating prisoners lost control and 40 people were killed. Fire is the largest in Israel's [modern] history.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3993412,00.html
Northern fire: 12,000 residents evacuated
Mass evacuation continues into night as fire rages in northern Israel; at least 40 killed as Prison Service bus burns down, Haifa police chief gravely hurt. Jails, psychiatric hospital evacuated. 'Within 30 minutes half the forest was in flames,' says local
Ahiya Raved
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| Mass evacuation on: Some 12,000 people were evacuated from their homes by late Thursday as a massive fire continued to rage in northern Israel. Some 5,000 residents in the town of Tirat Carmel were ordered to leave home and thousands of others were evacuated from various northern communities. Two prisons and a psychiatric hospital were also evacuated for fear the flames would reach them. |
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