Firefighters combat blaze near Har Hotzvim
Jerusalem neighborhood threatened by smoke and flames
Ilan Ben Zion is an AFP reporter and a former news editor at The Times of Israel.
A brushfire broke out Thursday evening in Wadi Tamir, near the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Hotzvim.
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Four teams of firefighters worked to combat the flames, which they reported had spread across a large area.