Amos -  2010-12-02 18:37:47

Le feu au Mont Carmel

A man stands beside his car as he looks at the forest fire in the Kibbutz of Beit Oren, northern Israel, December 2, 2010. A massive forest fire in northern Israel killed at least 40 people on Thursday, with many others injured, the Israeli rescue service said. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the areas near the Carmel Forest, including from a prison housing Palestinian inmates, as flames spread through the countryside in one of the worst such fires that Israel has suffered in years. 22 minutes ago : an Israeli firefighter runs from raging fire in Beit Oren, Carmel Forest, near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 02, 2010. Around 40 people are believed to have been killed in the devastating forest fire burning.