Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Firefighters battling blaze at East Jerusalem neighborhood
A fire has broken out in the Shuafat neighborhood of East Jerusalem, police say.
Firefighters and police officers are on the scene, working to gain control over the blaze. Two houses are evacuated, but the fire is “under control and there’s no threat to the structures,” police say.
The fire originated in a field next to the neighborhood, police say. It is not immediately clear what caused it.
“All the possibilities will be investigated in the future,” a police spokesperson says.
“For now, it’s about saving lives.”
— Judah Ari Gross