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Mount Carmel Forest Fire Impact by cberman1019036 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The wildfire raged through Mount Carmel in Israel from December 2nd to 5th, killing about 50 people and burning over 12,000 acres (equivalent to 6,000 football fields). It took 77 hours to extinguish. The fire forced the evacuation of 17,000 people from surrounding communities, destroying or damaging over 250 homes. A bus carrying evacuees from a detention facility overturned while trying to escape the flames, with those on board perishing in the fire. Though Israel was unprepared for a fire of this scale,
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