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Thursday, May 1, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Jerusalem hills wildfire brought under control after more than 24 hours
Firefighters work to extinguish a massive wildfire in Latrun, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on May 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Firefighters have gained control over the fire in the Jerusalem hills after more than 24 hours, the Fire and Rescue Service says.
It says that firefighters will continue working over the coming hours, albeit at a lower intensity than they had been, to prevent new fires from cropping up.
With the blaze under control, the fire service says it has opened an investigation into the cause of the fire.
Earlier today, the Jewish National Fund, or Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael, said around 20,000 dunams (5,000 acres) of land had been destroyed.
That area includes around 13,000 dunams (3,000 acres) of forest.
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