In the last hour, a plane carrying 69 firefighters from Cyprus landed at an air force base in the center of the country, who will assist their Israeli colleagues throughout the country.
24 of them will operate in the coastal district sector.
Situation report for Saturday, 26.11.16, at 08:30
Firefighters continue to be on alert throughout the city of Haifa. They worked throughout the night and during these hours to extinguish small fires along the burned area and to handle additional calls. Fortunately, none of the incidents were significant.
An IDF spokesman said: Last Friday, an Israeli Air Force "Shimson" plane (Super Hercules C-130J) took off for Cyprus to bring back about 70 Cypriot firefighters, who will assist in efforts to extinguish the wave of fires. The firefighters landed at Tel Nof base on Saturday morning and from there dispersed to the various fire centers.
