Towns Evacuated as Heat and Winds Fuel Huge Brush Fires in Israel

The Fellowship  |  April 23, 2025

Several towns in central Israel had to evacuate and drivers had to abandon their vehicles on Wednesday after intense heat and high winds created a number of brush fires, reports The Times of Israel:

A Fire and Rescue Authority spokesman told The Times of Israel that nine people were lightly injured as a result of the blazes, including seven firefighters and two civilians. There was smoke in the air across Jerusalem, apparently from the fire some 25 kilometers away, causing air quality levels to plummet.

The Fire and Rescue Authority enlisted firefighters from six districts to quash the flames, and the IDF also joined the battle against the fires.