Firefighters are currently trying to extinguish a brush fire spreading along the Ein Prat stream, in a nature reserve just east of Jerusalem.
At around the same time, a fire broke out near the safari in Ramat Gan, but it was quickly extinguished by five firefighting crews. No one was injured in the incident.
A Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson says planes were dispatched to the scene of the fire in Ein Prat, a popular hiking spot in the West Bank’s Judean Desert.
Fire in Nahal Prat from the Kfar Adumim settlement, April 27, 2025. (Ronel Ben-Nevat)
Meanwhile, firefighters are attempting to rescue hikers in the area, and several ambulances departed to the reserve from Jerusalem.
A police spokesman says that the fires do not currently pose a danger to hikers or residents in the area.
West Bank District Commander Moshe Pinchi is at the scene of the fire conducting a situational assessment.
A large fire blazed last week for 20 hours near Beit Shemesh, ultimately burning 10,000 dunams of land, with a number of firefighters wounded.
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