Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, June 9, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Monday, June 9, 2025
Brush fire rages near Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem; police evacuating residents of special needs home
A brushfire spreads in a forest adjacent to Jerusalem's Ein Karem neighborhood on June 9, 2025. (Adi Shitrit/Fire and Rescue Service)
Firefighters are working to extinguish a quickly spreading brushfire that broke out in a forest near Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem neighborhood this afternoon.
Police are evacuating the residents of a nearby special needs home and are preparing to evacuate additional areas, a law enforcement spokesman says. Authorities have also closed a nearby road to traffic.
A Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman says some 35 squads of firefighters are operating at the scene alongside eight firefighting planes as they attempt to contain the blaze.
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