Fire department says most blazes in north now under control

The Israel Fire and Rescue Services says most of the the blazes in the north sparked by Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon have been brought under control.

A statement from the service says a major fire near Amiad was among those brought under control after a nine-hour battle that included firefighting planes, estimating it burned some 4,000 dunams (nearly 990 acres).

The statement adds that firefighters prevented fires in Kfar Giladi and Kiryat Shmona from spreading to homes there.

The fire department also says it’s still fighting to gain control of a fire that broke out yesterday afternoon at Keren Naftali.