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| Suspected incendiary balloons cause 3 fires |
| 2018-08-28 |
| [Ynet] Fires break out in Be'eri and Shokeda forests and in Sa'ad Junction; 'It was likely a balloon, as the fire broke out at Sa'ad Junction within seconds and at this point there isn't anything else that can be pointed to as the cause of the fire,' says security official. Three fires broke out on Monday afternoon, two of them near Israeli communities by the Gazoo border. Firefighters, including KKL teams, gained control of the flames. The first fire broke out near the Be'eri Forest, another in Sa'ad Junction and a third in the Shokeda Forest. The fires are suspected to have been started by incendiary balloons flown from Gazoo into Israel, and fire Sherlocks are on the scene. Recent days saw a halt in incendiary balloon fires. "It was likely a balloon, as the fire broke out at Sa'ad Junction within seconds and at this point there isn't anything else apart from an incendiary balloon that can be pointed to as the cause of the fire, but we're still examining the matter," said one of the security forces personnel on the scene. The previous incendiary balloon-caused fire happened exactly a week ago. A day prior to that, on Sunday of last week, three fires broke out in the Gazoo border area as a result of incendiary balloons. |
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