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Firefighters gain control over wildfire near Jerusalem, forces still deployed to contain the blaze

The fire also reportedly damaged the power line entering Jerusalem, with malfunctions at several traffic lights in the capital.

View of a forest fire near Mevaseret Zion, outside Jerusalem on August 24, 2025.
Two bodies found inside a burned-down car.

MDA paramedics find remains of two inside a burned-down car near Kafr Kassem

A person walks outside a fireworks warehouse as smoke rises after an explosion, in Karachi, Pakistan August 21, 2025.

Pakistan fireworks warehouse blast kills four, injures more than 30

A US marine looks on during a guided tour of USS New Orleans, a transport dock ship for Sri Lankan sailors at the harbor in Colombo on July 26, 2016

Fire breaks out on US naval ship off Japan's Okinawa


Car set ablaze outside Turkish parliament before meeting on PKK disarmament

Police in Ankara said in a statement that a man detained for setting it alight suffered from psychological problems and also had a prior criminal record.

Inside the Turkish Parliament, Ankara, June 3, 2023; illustrative.

Firefighters battle blaze outside Jerusalem, nearby forests amid scorching heatwave

Firefighting planes have been called in as the Fire and Rescue Authority works to extinguish the blaze.  

A fire breaks out from a vehicle on the side of the road spread towards Eshtaol, August 12, 2025.

Rabbi and family safely escape fire at historic New Jersey synagogue

The four-alarm fire broke out at approximately 2:45 a.m. at Congregation Beth El Chabad. Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, his wife, and four of their children were sleeping in an apartment inside the synagogue.

Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman, who survived with his family in the fire that completely destroyed Congregation Beth El synagogue, stands in front of the synagogue's ruins in Rutherford, New Jersey on August 8. (

Firefighters try and rescue people trapped in building in Umm al-Fahm

Firefighters are currently trying to rescue people trapped in a five-story building in Umm al-Fahm.

The blaze at a building in Umm al-Fahm on August 1, 2025.

Watch: Israeli firefighting planes combat bushfire in northern Galilee

Firefighter planes are combating flames in northern Galilee, working on preventing their expansion to Highway 87, which is currently closed, and nearby beaches.

Firefighters combat a bushfire in norther Galilee.

Toxic gas leak contained at thermosolar plant in Ramat Negev

A hazardous materials leak at the Ramat Negev thermosolar power station near Ashalim is now under control, following extensive emergency operations.

Israeli firefighters applaud medical staff battling coronavirus outside the Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv on April 7, 2020.

Iranian officials claim Israel behind series of mysterious fires, explosions - report

Iranian authorities are hesitant to openly accuse Israel of involvement, fearing it could force them into a position where they would have to retaliate, according to the report.

Smoke rises up in a unit of the Abadan oil refinery in southwestern Iran, July 19, 2025.

Fire contained at Iran's Abadan refinery, one dead, SHANA says

The refinery, like almost all Iranian oil and gas processing plants, needs major works and renovation.

 A general view shows a unit of South Pars Gas field in Asalouyeh Seaport, north of Persian Gulf, Iran November 19, 2015

Fire at mall in Iraq leaves at least 60 dead, officials say

The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but the governor said initial results from an investigation would be announced within 48 hours, INA reported.

 Kut, Iraq, October, 2019.

Large fires breaks out in Jerusalem Hills, multiple firefighting teams responding

Footage shared on social media indicates disruptions to traffic due to the blaze.

 A forest fire in the Jerusalem Hills, July 16, 2025.

Fire at Boston-area senior living facility kills at least nine

About 70 people lived at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the fire broke out about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.

 Boston firefighters respond to a two-house fire between Sumner and Webster Streets in East Boston, Massachusetts, July 30, 2014.