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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, June 30, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Babies, kids among 19 hurt in apartment fire in Kochav Yaakov; woman in critical condition
Nineteen people have been hurt, including a woman in her 40s who is in critical condition, following a blaze in an apartment in the West Bank settlement of Kochav Yaakov in the Binyamin region, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.
An 8-year-old boy and a man in his 40s are said to be in moderate condition, while eight babies, toddlers and children are said to be among 16 people who are lightly hurt in the fire.
Many of the victims have burns and have inhaled smoke, with a Magen David Adom medic saying parents were seen saving all their children from the blaze in the two-story, single apartment building.
Medics have taken those hurt to hospitals in Jerusalem.
