Forest Fire Spreads to Karmiel Apartment Building, Two Homes Destroyed
Translated & summarized from Channel 13 by baba
A forest fire spread to a residential building in Karmiel overnight, destroying two apartments and filling the structure with smoke. Three trapped residents were rescued and received medical attention. The fire department has gained control of the situation. This incident follows two other fatal fires in Israel in recent weeks, one in the Golan Heights and another in Rishon Lezion.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- A forest fire in Karmiel spread to a residential building, destroying two apartments.
- Three residents were rescued from the smoke-filled building and received medical treatment.
- Firefighters have gained control of the fire in Karmiel.
- A woman died in a separate fire in Masada in the Golan Heights yesterday.
- A man died in a fire in a Rishon Lezion parking lot in late August.
A forest fire that broke out overnight in a wooded area spread to a five-story residential building in Karmiel, resulting in two apartments being destroyed and the building filling with smoke. Firefighters rescued three trapped residents from the apartments, who were then transferred for medical treatment. Doron Kadosh, commander of the Central Galilee Station, described the incident as complex, with the fire spreading from the forest to the entire front of the building. Firefighters gained control of the situation and are working on extinguishing all remaining hotspots.
This incident follows a fatal fire yesterday in the Druze village of Masada in the northern Golan Heights, where a woman in her 60s died after inhaling a large amount of smoke. Firefighters rescued her from the structure, but she was unconscious and later pronounced dead at the scene. MDA paramedic Ahmed Safadi stated that upon arrival, they found the house full of smoke and the woman unresponsive at the entrance.
At the end of August, a man died in a fire that broke out in the parking lot of residential buildings in Rishon Lezion while he was inside his vehicle. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and discovered the body, which was transferred for identification. Police have opened an investigation into that incident, with no suspicion of criminal activity.
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