19.06.2011                      17.Siwan, 5771

Feuer auf dem Golan:

Fire damages 2,000 dunams of open space in Golan

Fire commission praises different groups’ cooperation in dousing the flames; cause of the fire still remains unknown.

A fire that blighted approximately 2,000 dunams (200 hectares) of open space and nature reserves – but caused no injuries – on the Golan Heights on Saturday morning was under control by about 5 p.m., the Fire and Rescue Service said.
While the cause of the fire remains unknown, the conflagration began alongside Road 888, near Moshav Had Nes and the Hexagon Pools nature reserve, from which visitors were immediately evacuated, according to Yoram Levy, spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Service….