Firefighters working to keep flames from Route 1

Firefighters in the area of Sha’ar Hagai west of Jerusalem are working to keep a wildfire from spreading toward Route 1, a main artery linking the capital to Tel Aviv, Army Radio reports.

The highway remains open.

Israeli firefighters extinguish fire in Beit Meir on November 25, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
Israeli firefighters extinguish fire in Beit Meir on November 25, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Elsewhere, firefighters are working on tamping down other smoldering fires and keeping them from flaring up, as well as looking out for fresh blazes.

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