Israel fires: Tens of thousands flee as fires hit Haifa
Source: BBC
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes as wildfires rage through parts of the Israeli city of Haifa. Huge flames are being fanned by hot, dry winds in residential areas in the north of the city of about 300,000.
Fires are also threatening homes near Jerusalem and in the West Bank.
A minister has said that half of the fires were "apparently arson", but police have not confirmed that any had been started deliberately. Hundreds of military reservists have been called up to help battle the three-day outbreak of fires.
No deaths or serious injuries have been reported, though the national ambulance service said 35 people had been treated for smoke inhalation. In Haifa, schools, kindergartens, the university and an old people's home were evacuated.
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In California we see single homes destroyed. Here, an apartment building..
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