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2016 fires in Israel

A burnt-out car after a fire in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, northern Israel, on November 14, 2021 (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 16, 2021, 12:25 pm
Dry November could bring devastating fires, experts warn
High temperatures, strong easterly winds in potentially dangerous combination previously seen in 2010 and 2016; climatologist: ‘Global warming is causing an increase in extremes’
By Naomi Lanzkron
The 747 Supertanker helps to extinguish a forest fire which broke out near Nataf, outside Jerusalem on November 26, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 24, 2021, 12:04 pm
US SuperTanker plane, used to fight Israel’s 2016 fires, shut down by investors
Group that owns world’s largest firefighting aircraft tells US government it is stopping operations of the converted 747
By Patty Nieberg
Burnt cars following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/ANGELOS TZORTZINIS)
July 24, 2018, 2:46 pm
Death toll in Greece wildfires rises to 60
Greek prime minister declares 3-day national mourning period over deadliest blazes in the country since 2007
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A firefighter tries to extinguish hotspots during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, Greece, on July 23, 2018. (VALERIE GACHE/AFP)
July 24, 2018, 9:54 am
Israel offers Greece help in battling deadly wild fires
Foreign Ministry says emergency crews have been put on alert to be ready for action if Greek authorities ask for assistance
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli firefighter puts out a blaze as part of an international natural disaster preparedness exercise in central Israel on October 24, 2017. (Fire and Rescue Authority)
October 25, 2017, 2:05 pm
Israelis, Jordanians, Palestinians find a common enemy: Natural disasters
Emergency response teams from around the world work together in EU-sponsored exercise on fighting forest fires, earthquakes
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of firefighters, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 22, 2017, 9:04 pm
2 homes razed as firefighters battle blazes in central Israel, Negev
Houses, cars destroyed in Sde Warburg; police open investigation into fire at outdoor desert rave party
By ToI Staff
Fire burning in the West Bank settlement of Halamish on November 26, 2016 (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
February 5, 2017, 1:48 pm
3 Palestinians accused of arson in November West Bank fire
Men indicted for blaze that destroyed homes at Halamish settlement; indictment doesn’t allege terror or ‘nationalistic motives’
By ToI Staff
Firefighters attend the scene of a fire in the Carmelit underground train Haifa, Northern Israel. February 04, 2017. (Photo by Basel Awidat/FLASH90)
February 4, 2017, 5:56 pm
Haifa subway fire likely caused by technical malfunction
Authorities estimate damage from tunnel blaze in Israel’s only underground could run to tens of millions of shekels
By ToI Staff
The Carmelit subway in Haifa seen on June 21, 2011. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
February 4, 2017, 12:35 pm
Firefighters battle blaze in Haifa Carmelit subway
Police shut roads in the area; reports say several train carriages on fire in the underground that was closed for shabbat
By ToI Staff
Fire fighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out yesterday in Zichron Yaakov, November 23, 2016. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
January 23, 2017, 11:44 pm
November’s wildfires are long extinguished, but where are the arsonists?
Claims of a terrorist motivation behind at least some of the blazes two months ago seem to have been based on presumption, not evidence
By Judah Ari Gross
Tamar Zandberg
January 13, 2017, 2:52 pm
Tamar Zandberg
Now that the fires are out
How will the government justify its allegations of a ‘terror of arson,’ given zero arrests and zero indictments?
A Cypriot firefighter, standing to the right of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara, is wearing a chief inspector's jacket with three stars, when his rank is apparently only inspector. (Cobi Gidon / GPO)
January 7, 2017, 2:09 pm
Cypriot firefighter accused of self-promotion in Israel
Man appears wearing jacket of officer one-higher in seniority than his actual rank; photoshopping photos sent to Cypriot media
By ToI Staff
New growth peaks out of charred ground outside Jerusalem on December 12, 2016, just two weeks after devastating fires swept through Israel. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
December 19, 2016, 12:25 pm
After devastating fires, JNF skips trees for the forest
More than 130,000 dunams (32,000 acres) of forests burned in the November fires; the Jewish National Fund says best to not replant… somewhat at odds with its fundraising plea
By Melanie Lidman
Israeli president Reuven Rivlin meets with firefighters in Nataf, outside of Jerusalem, which was damaged in a major fire in November 2016. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
December 18, 2016, 10:16 pm
Fire brigade to cancel call-out fees
Minister Gilad Erdan announces that charges will be waived retroactively to help those affected by recent wave of fires
By ToI Staff
Men hose down wildfires in Haifa, Israel, November 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 18, 2016, 11:44 am
Three Palestinians arrested for suspected arson attacks
Suspects are accused of setting fires in West Bank for ‘nationalistic’ motives during a rash of wildfires last month
By ToI Staff
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