The scene of a fire at a hotel in the northern city of Safed that injured 16 people, two of them seriously, January 8, 2016. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
Sixteen people were injured Sunday, two of them seriously, in a fire at a hotel in the northern city of Safed.
The other 14 people suffered light to moderate injuries.
The casualties, aged 17-20, suffered from smoke inhalation before being rescued by firefighters from the Hametsuda hotel on Jerusalem Street in the center of the mountain city.
Magen David Adom paramedics treated the victims at the scene and then took them to Ziv Medical Center for further treatment, where their conditions were stabilized.
Reports identified the 16 as tourists but no further details were given.
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An initial investigation showed the fire broke out in the lobby of the hotel and spread to the first and second floors, although the cause of the blaze was not known, police said.
Rescue services evacuate people from a hotel that caught fire in the northern city of Safed, January 8, 2016. (Fire and Rescue Services)
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