Route 443 highway shut near Modiin, homes evacuated in Kfar Daniel, Mevo Modiim and Gimzo; 6 firefighting planes in action near Beit Shemesh; emergency call-up of firefighters

City's mayor says 'plants have no place being near us so long as pollution continues and malfunctions occur day in and day out'

Mahmoud Abu Asabeh from West Bank died when a rocket fired from Gaza hit a building in Ashkelon; family suing fire services for leaving scene before finding him

Expert says iconic cathedral would have burned to the ground in a 'chain-reaction collapse' had firefighters not moved rapidly

French Gothic design featuring masonry walls and tree trunk-sized wooden beams made the building a tinderbox, US fire administrator says

Nine firefighters and experts, led by Ethiopia-born Zion Shenkar, sent after local government says it cannot control flames in rugged Simien Mountains, near Gondar