A Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson says 24 firefighting teams and four volunteer units in northern Israel are working to put out blazes in the area, as wildfires rage throughout the country.
Most of the fires broke out in open areas. However, a fire near Afula is threatening to spread toward Route 65 and several buildings, the spokesperson adds.
Four squads are also working to extinguish a fire near Ramat Zvi that poses no threat to buildings at the moment.
Earlier, five firefighting teams succeeded in containing a fire that spread near Rumat al-Heib, a village in the Lower Galilee.
Another 12 firefighting squads from northern Israel are headed south to help combat blazes around Jerusalem.
In the Central District, police have closed roads leading to the central city of Elad, further west of Jerusalem, as another fire spreads in the area.
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