Ministar sirurnosti Gilad Erdan sa predstavnicima stranih vatrogasnih timova na ceremoniji zahvalnosti za pomoć u gašenju niza vatri koje su se pojavile u Izraelu.
More than 70,000 people were forced out of their homes by the recent wave of fires that swept Israel, but no lives were lost thanks to local and foreign emergency personnel, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Tuesday at a ceremony at Hatzor air base in southern Israel to thank the departing foreign firefighters.
Firefighting planes from countries including Russia, Turkey, Greece, France, Spain, and the US helped dump tons of water and retardants on some of the fires that blazed across Israel for nearly a week, fanned by unseasonably dry easterly winds. The Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus and Italy also contributed personnel and equipment.
Više od 70.000 osoba je pobjeglo iz svojih kuća prilikom zadnjih požara u Izraelu, ali nije izgubljen ni jedan život zahvaljujući domaćim i stranima spasilačkim ekipama, rekao je ministar sigurnosti na ceremoniji u "Hatzor air" bazi na jugu Izraela kako bi zahvalio stranim vatrogascima na odlasku. Protupožarni avioni su došli iz Rusije, Turske, Grčke, Francuske, Španjolci i USA koji su bacali tone vode i pjene na neke vatre uzrokovane jakim suhim istočnim vjetrom. Palestinci , Egipčani, Jordanci, Ciprani i Talijani su također doprinijeli osobljem i ekipama.
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Most of the fires were caused by the weather and incidents of negligence, though officials have pointed to arson for at least some of them.
Police have arrested at least 35 people on suspicion of arson or incitement to arson.
Hardest hit has been Haifa, where 527 apartments were destroyed completely, leaving 1,600 people homeless, and from which tens of thousands of residents had to be evacuated as the flames threatened 11 neighborhoods.
Zichron Yaakov, the Jerusalem Hills and parts of the West Bank were also affected, with dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.