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Flames engulf trees in the forests of Chalus, Iran, amid days-long fires in the country's Hyrcanian forests, November 21, 2025. (MEHRAB FARSAD / ISNA / AFP)
November 22, 2025, 1:27 pm
Iran seeks ‘urgent assistance’ to put out fire in UNESCO-listed Hyrcanian forests
Aircraft and staff to arrive from Turkey, more assistance may be sought from Russia, after Tehran ‘faced with the impossibility’ of fighting flames alone, officials tell state media
By AFP
An Israeli firefighter battles a wildfire near Latrun, Israel, outside of Jerusalem, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 1, 2025, 11:55 am
Fires near Jerusalem burn for second day but roads, towns reopen with foreign aid on way
Planes from Europe expected in coming hours; firefighter numbers scaled back; all evacuees okayed to return home, though wildfires still active in six areas, clouding Independence Day celebrations
By ToI Staff
View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
April 30, 2025, 7:15 pm
Many Independence Day events nixed, public told to avoid cemeteries amid raging wildfires
Official torch-lighting ceremony called off, rehearsal footage being aired instead; flames encroach on decommissioned tanks at Latrun after Memorial Day ceremony hastily evacuated
By ToI Staff
An Air Tractor AT-802AF firefighting aircraft drops flame retardant while trying to extinguish a forest fire near the central Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem on April 23, 2025. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 12:51 pm
After 20-hour battle, massive brush fire near Jerusalem brought under control
Over 100 firefighting trucks, six planes involved in effort; residents allowed to return home; 10,000 dunams believed burned, with minor damage to property
By ToI Staff
A firefighting plane try to extinguish a large fire near Ein Nakuba, May 11, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
May 11, 2024, 11:56 pm
Firefighters bring blaze near Jerusalem-area village under control after several hours
Ein Hemed National Park evacuated as 58 firefighting teams battle to extinguish forest fire
By ToI Staff
Flames rise during a forest fire on the island of Rhodes, Greece, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (Argyris Mantikos/Eurokinissi via AP)
July 23, 2023, 5:06 pm
Wildfires rage in Greece as high winds hamper firefighting services
Blazes in Rhodes have sparked biggest-ever fire evacuation in Greece; Israel sent air team to assist
By AFP and ToI Staff
Firefighters tackle a forest fire at Segula Junction on May 22, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Service)
May 22, 2023, 4:01 pm
Homes and park evacuated as large fire spreads near Petah Tikva
Train service delayed due to damaged signaling equipment, with strong winds fanning flames; blaze also erupts at Biriya Forest in Upper Galilee
By ToI Staff
Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire blazing near Kiryat Anavim, outside of Jerusalem, on June 08, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)
August 22, 2022, 5:25 pm
Firefighters battle blaze in Ben Shemen forest
Woods are popular with hikers, cyclists and families; JNF asks people to avoid the area amid efforts to control flames
By Ash Obel
A firefighting helicopter flies over a wildfire near Bustelo village in Amarante, north of Portugal, on July 16, 2022. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
July 17, 2022, 6:45 am
Massive forest fires cause deaths, force evacuations in scorching southwest Europe
Blazes burn large swaths of land in France, Portugal, Spain and Greece; climate change blamed for intense heatwave set to break temperature records in Britain
By Karine Albertazzi
An Israeli firefighting delegation lands in Cyprus, June 23, 2022. (Israel Police)
June 23, 2022, 6:35 pm
Israel helps battle forest fire in Turkey-backed north Cyprus
Israeli firefighting planes dispatched to island after request from Turkish Cypriot authorities, amid warming ties between Jerusalem and Ankara
By AP and Emanuel Fabian
A fire in the Peace Forest in Jerusalem on May 30, 2022. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
May 31, 2022, 4:43 am
Five hospitalized due to smoke inhalation from Jerusalem brush fire
Authorities gain control of blaze in Peace Forest after several hours and are looking into possibility it was caused by arson
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at moshav Givat Ye'arim outside Jerusalem on August 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 6, 2022, 5:38 pm
Cabinet approves NIS 155 million plan to prepare for massive wildfires
Announcement comes six months after blaze in Jerusalem hills; Bennett says: ‘We’re not waiting for the next disaster’
By Sue Surkes
(L-R) Pine trees in a forest near Jerusalem; Bedouins protest against tree planting by the Jewish National Fund, outside the village of al-Atrash in the Negev desert, on January 13, 2022; Firefighting planes extinguish a forest fire near Jerusalem, on June 9, 2021. (Nati Shohat; Jamal Awad; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 6:49 am
Invasive species, protests, fires: How Negev tree planting became so controversial
Aleppo pine widely used in JNF’s forestation project is described by some as being ‘like a gallon of petrol’; Bedouins see tree plantings as disrupting their farming livelihoods
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Micah Harari holds a harp at his burned harp factory in Moshav Ramat Raziel, in the Jerusalem mountains, August 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2021, 12:06 pm
Harp maker who lost workshop in Jerusalem forest fire to sue state for damages
Micha Harari’s gallery, with 40 years of work, went up in flames in August; now he’s filing a civil case against the fire service and local authority for failing to prepare
By ToI Staff
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire near Givat Ye'arim, near Jerusalem, August 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 12, 2021, 10:04 am
As Israel gets hotter and drier, it must prevent fires, not just fight them
After the 2010 Carmel tragedy, Israel rebuilt its fire service bottom-up. But as last month’s Jerusalem Hills fire showed, firefighting can’t make up for a failed prevention policy
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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