Samaria Preparing to Take in Evacuees

Five thousand residents of the Brosh neighborhood of Tirat HaKarmel were evacuated from their homes Thursday evening, as were residents of the communities of Megadim and Hotrim. In addition, the prisoners and staff of IDF Prison Six were evacuated.

The communities of Nir Etzion, Ein Hod and Kibbutz Beit Oren were evacuated earlier in the day. Most of Beit Oren's houses were reportedly damaged by the blaze.

Highway 4 has been blocked for traffic.

The Head of the Samaria local authority, Gershon Mesika, informed Welfare Minister Yitzchak Herzog that the authority is prepared to absorb large numbers of evacuees from the fire in the Carmel.
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