Havet
4th December 2010, 14:56
Israel asks for international help to fight its biggest-ever forest fire
JERUSALEM — Israel called on its allies yesterday to send firefighting equipment as a forest fire burned out of control near the port city of Haifa, killing about 40 people and forcing the departure of 12,000 people from northern towns and villages.
Greece, Spain, Croatia, Turkey, France, Russia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Britain, Egypt and Romania said they would send aircraft, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. All of Israel’s firefighters have been mobilized, department spokesman Hezi Levi said on Army Radio, calling the fire the worst in the country’s history. The army dispatched firefighters, equipment and hundreds of soldiers.
“This is a disaster of unprecedented proportions,” Netanyahu said. The Cabinet will meet today to discuss steps to deal with the blaze, he said.
President Obama, at a White House ceremony to celebrate the Hanukkah holiday, began by “offering our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones” of the victims of the fire and pledged aid to help fight it.
The fire began around midday Wednesday in the Carmel hills outside of Haifa, home to 266,000. The exceptionally dry summer created conditions that allowed the flames to spread quickly, said Salman Abu Rukun, an employee of the Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority. Shimon Koren, the Israeli police’s northern-district commander, said the possibility that negligence or arson started the fire was being investigated.
Source (http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2010/dec/03/israel-asks-for-international-help-to-fight-its-bi-ar-506051/)
It's funny coz they wasted all that money on weapons to kill people and now they don't have the means to put the fire out, hahaha.
JERUSALEM — Israel called on its allies yesterday to send firefighting equipment as a forest fire burned out of control near the port city of Haifa, killing about 40 people and forcing the departure of 12,000 people from northern towns and villages.
Greece, Spain, Croatia, Turkey, France, Russia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Britain, Egypt and Romania said they would send aircraft, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. All of Israel’s firefighters have been mobilized, department spokesman Hezi Levi said on Army Radio, calling the fire the worst in the country’s history. The army dispatched firefighters, equipment and hundreds of soldiers.
“This is a disaster of unprecedented proportions,” Netanyahu said. The Cabinet will meet today to discuss steps to deal with the blaze, he said.
President Obama, at a White House ceremony to celebrate the Hanukkah holiday, began by “offering our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones” of the victims of the fire and pledged aid to help fight it.
The fire began around midday Wednesday in the Carmel hills outside of Haifa, home to 266,000. The exceptionally dry summer created conditions that allowed the flames to spread quickly, said Salman Abu Rukun, an employee of the Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority. Shimon Koren, the Israeli police’s northern-district commander, said the possibility that negligence or arson started the fire was being investigated.
Source (http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2010/dec/03/israel-asks-for-international-help-to-fight-its-bi-ar-506051/)
It's funny coz they wasted all that money on weapons to kill people and now they don't have the means to put the fire out, hahaha.