The ongoing investigation into the fire that spread on Sunday in Yerushalayim revealed that the blaze ignited at three different sites, according to a fire official.
The fire spread through the dry vegetation in the Valley of the Cross near the Israel Museum. Workers had to be evacuated from the museum as a precautionary measure. Fire and rescue teams, working together with six firefighting planes, managed to prevent the fire, which reached the museum’s fences, from spreading inside.
The fire spread from the forest and began burning the outside of one of the museum’s buildings; firefighters rushed to the location of the fire in order to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings. After an anxious hour, the Israel Museum announced that “there is no danger to the works, and there are no casualties or damage.”
Later on Sunday the Israel Museum said in a statement: “The fire spread from the direction of the Valley of the Cross adjacent to the museum and first hit the roof of the youth wing building, but the fire brigade fully took control of it. There are no casualties or damage, no artwork is in danger. In addition, all the people from the museum area were evacuated to safety.”
{Matzav.com}
