{"id":48486,"date":"2016-11-25T17:05:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T15:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48486"},"modified":"2016-11-25T15:18:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T13:18:27","slug":"jerusalem-hills-fire-threatened-to-consume-mountainside-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48486","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem hills fire threatened to consume mountainside village"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Jerusalem hills fire threatened to consume mountainside village<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blaze surrounded Beit Meir, burned at least 10 buildings before it was beaten back; one suspected arsonist held by police; tens of thousands can\u2019t yet return to Haifa homes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Footage of a fire in the mountainous village of Beit Meir, west of Jerusalem, November 25, 2016. (YouTube screen capture)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Dozens of firefighters spent the night battling a massive forest fire in the Jerusalem hills that threatened to obliterate one small community west of Jerusalem, fire officials said early Friday. A \u201cgreat many\u201d homes in Beit Meir, near Abu Ghosh, were overtaken by the flames, police said, but there were no reports of injuries as the village\u2019s residents had already been evacuated.<\/span><\/p>\n

The blaze is part of a wave of forest and brush fires that have cut a path of destruction across several of Israel\u2019s forests in recent days \u2013 and in several places entered residential areas. No one has been killed in the blazes, but hundreds have been injured and dozens of homes burned.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Beit Meir, at least 10 buildings had been burned by 6 a.m. Friday, and small fires remained in public spaces in the village.<\/span><\/p>\n

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