Firefighting crews, together with the IDF, are operating at the scene. Police have blocked access routes. Heavy engineering equipment was brought into the flames to isolate vehicles that have not yet burned.
Fire and rescue investigation reveals children playing with fire started the blaze at a supermarket, which operated without a fire permit and detection and extinguishing equipment that could have prevented the fire from spreading.
30 fighting crews and six firefighting aircraft operate to contain a brushfire near the moshav of Ksalon in the Beit Shemesh region.
Major blaze tears through a warehouse complex in Sderot, authorities rule out the presence of hazardous materials.
Fire sweeps through complex surrounding the burial site of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, destroying the synagogue and causing millions of dollars in damage.
Two PA policemen arrested over the Havat Gilad fire were released as investigators continued searching for the person who discarded the cigarette that is thought to have started the blaze.
Despite the loss of decades of memories and rare holy books, Yehuda Shimon says, 'We will emerge stronger with greater faith,' and emphasizes the embrace that the families received from all over Samaria.
At least 27 people were killed after a fire tore through a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, early Monday morning, officials said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
KKL-JNF approved a NIS 13 million program to equip 94 forest-adjacent communities in central Israel with tools for rapid wildfire response.
Fire crews worked to contain a fire that broke out in a complex that includes a grocery store and warehouse in the Gush Etzion community.
The Civil Administration seized trucks at several major crossings carrying approximately 120 tons of Israeli waste that was intended for dumping and burning at illegal waste sites.
A series of fires broke out in western Binyamin today, requiring the deployment of firefighting aircraft.
An indictment has been filed against a suspect who set fire to police officers who came to rescue him after he threatened to harm himself.
A massive fire broke out in Jannat Abbad market in western Tehran, footage shows large plume of smoke over the city.
Amendment to security order to prevent burning garbage signed, allowing aggressive enforcement.
Several attempts were thwarted to smuggle more than 100 tons of waste on five trucks through crossings in Judea and Samaria for illegal burning.
Body of 15-year-old Israeli citizen Charlotte Needham identified after being unaccounted for following deadly inferno in Crans-Montana.
The Jewish community in Lausanne announced that teenage sisters Alicia and Diana Gunst were among those killed in the tragic fire in Crans-Montana.
Israel to remove waste caused by illegal fires set by Palestinian Authority Arabs, charge bill to Palestinian Authority.
Firefighters extracted a 12-year-old boy from a burning apartment on Arlozorov Street in Petah Tikva. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A man in his 50s was killed in a fire that broke out in a four-story residential building in Kiryat Malachi. His death was pronounced at the scene.
Natan Tzvi Reisfeld, 13, passed away at Hadassah Ein Kerem after suffering critical burns from a Ramot building blaze that he started before being rescued by firefighters.
At least 23 people dead in fire at a Goa nightclub. Among the victims are tourists.
Firefighters were called to a burning apartment in the Ramot neighborhood and located a 10-year-old boy who was unconscious and in critical condition.
The Knesset Interior Affairs Committee held a meeting on the issue of waste fires, with MKs calling them terrorism and urging military involvement.
Friday morning fire destroys Congregation Beth El Chabad in Rutherford, New Jersey; synagogue determined 'complete loss.'
Blaze at Kavian Methanol plant in Dayyer leaves multiple casualties; emergency response underway.
You can cancel the concerts. You can smother the fireworks. But you will never cancel Israel. Not the land. Not the people. Not the dream we’ve rebuilt.
Jordan says a drone intercepted by the IDF on its way to Israel crashed in Ma'in village, igniting a fire. No casualties reported, emergency teams quickly contained the blaze.
Massive fire breaks out at London's Heathrow Airport, causing day-long shutdown expected to affect at least 200,000 passengers.
'They didn't succeed in extinguishing the fires because the fire department was handed over to women; they are only busy with LGBT matters and not with putting out fires,' Rabbi Tzvi Tau says.
Around 90 rockets launched towards northern Israel throughout Saturday, sparking fires in a number of locations; residents of northern Israel instructed to remain near shelters.
Adina Zahavi was critically injured while saving her 9 children from an electrical fire and later succumbed to her injuries.
Woman critically injured in a fire in a residential apartment in Kochav Ya'akov. Two people moderately injured and 16 lightly injured.
16 brigades of firefighters work to try to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. Thick smoke at the scene.
Falling rocket debris and strikes from UAVs that were not intercepted caused large fires in significant areas of northern Israel. Civilians evacuated. Six reservists and five civilians injured.
Firefighters get blaze under control after terrorists resume sending arson balloons. IDF moving additional troops into the region.
Over the next several days, Israel will experience a severe wave of heat and humidity.
“The Keeper of Stories” by Kusin Pritchard recounts response of New Yorkers to fire which destroyed 70,000 books, 40 Torah scrolls.
Two dead, 12 injured, after flambéed pizza sparks fire in Madrid restaurant. 'Number of fatalities could have been higher,' mayor says.
Massive emergency operation responds to deadly apartment building fire in France's third largest city.
Homes in Mevaseret Zion evacuated as firefighters fight to bring blaze under control.
Senegal declares 3 days of national mourning after fire at hospital claims lives of nearly a dozen infants.
FBI was investigating alleged Massachusetts synagogue arsonist at the time of the fires.
Two towns near Boulder evacuated after wildfires burn some 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center.
Flames damage prayer books, but not Torah scrolls.
'The battery exploded and white smoke filled the house,' family says.
In Western Galilee blaze, firefighters use thermal drones, firefighting tractors, to extinguish flames in inaccessible areas.
Fire Commissioner issues ban on outdoor fires due to extreme weather conditions.
Eight firefighting teams and two firefighting planes are working to extinguish the flames.
Firefighters worked until the early hours of Saturday morning extinguishing a fire in Begin Park.
Two teens arrested on suspicion of setting fire to several locations in Jerusalem.
Residents of the Greek seaside village of Rovies returned home to find destruction after 9 days of wildfires.
There are over 22,000 fires in workspaces and offices across the whole of the UK each year.
Holy Ark in Bnei Brak synagogue is burned just minutes before Ramat Gan synagogue goes up in flames.
Three young siblings suffer smoke, soot, inhalation due to bonfire - and die.
In Beit She'an apartment fire, 35-year-old man is found unconscious, five others suffer smoke inhalation.
Fires break out in localities across Israel, causing hundreds to be evacuated from their homes.
Search and rescue crews search for dead from fires in western US.
How people react to a time is telling and the family crammed into a home in Tillamook is smiling even as their lives have changed.
