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The fire in the Jerusalem mountains: The second missing person from Eitanim Hospital was located Israel today

8/16/2021, 9:05:31 AM


Shabtai Shimon Sigal, a resident of Ma'ale Adumim who was hospitalized in the psychiatric hospital and has been missing since the evacuation of the institution due to the fire - was located this morning • Last night, the second missing person, Alex Shechtman, 62, was located

Hours after the evacuation following the fire in the Jerusalem mountains: The second missing person from the Eitanim psychiatric hospital was located. 

According to the police statement, after the missing Alex Shechtman, 62, from Elon Moreh, was found last night (Sunday), during the morning, Shabtai Shimon Siegel, 25, from Ma'ale Adumim, was also located.

The huge fire broke out yesterday afternoon, and so far has consumed about 17,000 dunams, almost four times the area that caught fire in the previous fire that raged in the Neve Ilan area (4,600 dunams).

About 70 firefighters have been sent to the area to contain the blaze, and there are still many hotspots in the area.

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