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Monday, August 17, 2020
Balloon-borne device from Gaza starts fire outside Sderot kindergarten
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA balloon-borne incendiary device launched from the Gaza Strip is suspected of having started a small fire outside a kindergarten in the southern town of Sderot.
Firefighters were called to the scene and quickly put out the blaze in a plastic closet outside the school.
“No damage was caused to the kindergarten. The fire was outside the building. This was a small fire that was extinguished by one team,” a fire department spokesperson says.
Fire and Rescue Services investigators are working to confirm the cause of the fire, the spokesperson says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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