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The Consulate General of Israel in New York represents the State of Israel in New York, Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey.
Friday, 03 December 2010 15:17
After 77 hours, blaze that was burning across northern Israel finally contained. Firefighters to stay at the scene to complete all extinguishing operations.
Commercial fire-fighting companies in the Pacific Northwest are working with the IDF and Prime Minister’s Office to contain the fire. Evergreen International Aviations, Inc. in McMinnville, Oregon will send their super tanker Boeing 747 fire-fighting aircraft, which holds 20,000 gallons of fire retardant to Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport. ICL Performance Products Ltd. has their fire retardant Phos-Chek, equipment, and personnel ready to be deployed from their Air Base in Post Falls, Idaho, and has already delivered fire retardants to Israel from their operation in France.
Picture by boysofcalza, flickr
NASA satellite picture shows the dimensions of the fire:
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