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Smokes rises from forest fires in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 27, 2019. (Joao Laet / AFP)
September 3, 2019, 11:21 pm
Israel sends group to help Brazil battle Amazon fires
Eleven-member team of firefighters and rescuers to assist local authorities with search-and-rescue operations as Bolsonaro feuds with Europe on environmental issues
By TOI staff and Agencies
Zelda Burkey points to what remains of her home in Mevo Modi'im, which was destroyed along with much of the village in a fire in May 2019. (Sam Sokol/JTA)
June 23, 2019, 6:02 am
Digging through the charred wreckage of the Carlebach moshav
After wildfire decimates community of Mevo Modi’im, residents pick through the ash, grapple with memories and vow to rebuild
By Sam Sokol
Israeli firefighters check a house that was badly damaged by a fire amid an extreme heat wave in the village of Mevo Modi'im, in central Israel on May 24, 2019. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 26, 2019, 2:02 pm
Authorities suspect arson behind fire that gutted central Israel village
Fire services previously blamed faulty power line for blaze that destroyed 40 of the 50 homes in Mevo Modi’im
By TOI staff
An Israeli flag is pictured in front of vehicles that were badly damaged by a fire amidst extreme heat wave in the village of Mevo Modi'im, in central Israel on May 24, 2019. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 26, 2019, 8:38 am
Over 1,000 fires ravage Israel over 3 days, forcing evacuation of thousands
Fire services declare end of operation after blazes burn almost 8,000 dunams; residents whose homes were destroyed hold uplifting ceremony vowing to rebuild their village
By TOI staff
Firefighters at the scene of a fire in an apartment in the northern city of Safed, May 25, 2019 (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
May 25, 2019, 11:10 pm
Toddler killed in apartment fire in northern city of Safed
Child’s four-year-old sibling suffers burns, 8 adults treated for smoke inhalation; country faces rash of blazes over several days amid severe heatwave
By TOI staff
Firefighters extinguish the remains of a fire in Kibbutz Harel, on May 24, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 25, 2019, 2:59 am
Wildfire near Beit She’an spreads across border into Jordan
Firefighters contain blaze in northern Jordan Valley in second day of raging wildfires, fed by tinder dry conditions; authorities suspect massive fire ignited by arsonists
By TOI staff
Rescue workers carry a body away from a burned property in the Holly Hills area of Paradise, California on November 14, 2018. (Josh Edelson / AFP)
November 17, 2018, 1:32 pm
Number of missing in California fires soars past 1,000 as Trump set to visit
Local police update death toll from deadliest-ever state fire to 71, say number of residents unaccounted for has doubled in 24 hours
By Javier Tovar
Alameda County Sheriff Coroner officers search for human remains at a burned residence in Paradise, California on November 12, 2018. (Josh Edelson/AFP)
November 13, 2018, 7:33 am
Death toll rises to 42 in deadliest fire in California history
A quarter of a million people forced to leave their homes by ‘Camp Fire’ blaze; 6,500 homes destroyed in town of Paradise, wiping it off map
By Josh Edelson and Laurent Banguet
A view of Camp Hess Kramer in Malibu, California, posted on November 11, 2018, after a fire burned a hillside there. (Camp Hess Kramer/Facebook)
November 13, 2018, 5:41 am
Jewish camps in Malibu vow to rebuild after consumed by wildfire
Hess Kramer and Gindling Hilltop, both run by Wilshire Boulevard Temple, suffer major damage from California blazes
By JTA
An American flag is draped over the charred remains of an old pickup truck entering Point Dume along the pacific coast highway in Malibu, California, on November 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
November 12, 2018, 9:40 pm
California synagogues, Hillel houses and families evacuate amid raging fires
While blazes sweep across the Golden State, affected Jewish communities are aided by individuals and organizations — but the devastation keeps spreading
By Elissa Einhorn
Flames surround a house in Malibu, California, on November 9, 2018, part of the Woolsey fire that has led to the evacuation of about 75,000 homes in southern California. (David McNew/ Getty Images)
November 11, 2018, 8:21 pm
Several Jewish institutions burned by fires racing through California
Synagogues, schools, and community centers offer support for community members touched by tragedy, as they seek to rebuild their own damaged buildings
By JTA
Krystin Harvey, left, comforts her daughter Araya Cipollini at the remains of their home burned in the Camp Fire, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in Paradise, California. (AP/John Locher)
November 11, 2018, 5:51 am
Death toll up to at least 23 in California town devastated by wildfire
Residents who stayed behind pick through remain of Paradise, where thousands of structures burned to the ground in most destructive blaze in state history
By Gillian Flaccus, Don Thompson and Paul Elias
Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)
November 11, 2018, 3:32 am
Rescue workers find bodies after fire ravages California town
At least 11 killed in fast-moving Camp Fire near Sacramento; second blaze still raging in southern California beach town of Malibu, forcing evacuation of some 200,000
By AFP
Illustrative: Abandoned vehicles sit at a car lot in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California on November 09, 2018 (Josh Edelson / AFP)
November 10, 2018, 12:41 am
Five die in California wildfires, 150,000 forced to flee
Residents who managed to escape post harrowing videos to social media as they drive through tunnels of swirling smoke and orange flames
By AFP
Illustrative: Smoke rises from a large forest fire in the Sataf area west of Jerusalem, October 26, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 2, 2018, 7:23 am
Large blaze breaks out in Jerusalem Forest
Firefighters manage to contain flames before they spread to populated areas, as weather conditions spark concerns of fresh wildfires
By TOI staff
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