A fire broke out this morning (Sunday) at a school in Beitar Illit. Fearing for their safety, 400 female students were evacuated from the building.
Many fire brigades arrived at the scene, and are working to control the fire. “Upon receiving the report at the Yosh command center about the fire, many teams from the Yehuda regional station were rushed to the scene. Even before arriving at the scene of the incident, we spotted thick black smoke from a distance rising from the school,” said Rashef Kobi Erez.
He further added that “In addition, with the understanding that there are many students in the school, we instructed the team to begin evacuating the students. Upon arriving at the scene of the incident, we began two main tasks, one is to evacuate the students safely outside the school so that they will not be harmed. The second task is to seek contact with Moked The fire, this in combination with the height ladder. Now after a scan we can say that there are no trapped people in the school, and the firefighters are in contact with the center of the fire.”