Fire and Rescue services concentrate efforts on preventing 'large-scale' fires from reaching Kibbutz Manara and Kiryat Shemona; dozens of teams dispatched to moshav Mesilat Zion
Health and environmental protection ministries join call to not celebrate with traditional fires, of which tens of thousands are expected to be lit across the country
After the 2010 Carmel tragedy, Israel rebuilt its fire service bottom-up. But as last month’s Jerusalem Hills fire showed, firefighting can't make up for a failed prevention policy
'We're talking about the apocalypse,' says Greek Coast Guard officer evacuating residents and tourists from Evia island; one person killed near Athens as fires close in on capital
Fire service says 15 crew members and large supply of firefighting chemicals could be sent as early as Friday, with tankers possibly to follow, as brushfires expected to worsen
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