The north-south Route 444 highway is closed to vehicles in both directions between the Barkat and Shoham interchanges due to a brush fire near the road. Police are asking drivers in the area to use alternate routes.
Israel Police received a report of a fire in an open area near Route 444 between next to Petach Tikva. Police and security forces arrived to the scene and closed off the roads as they work to extinguish the blaze.
{Matzav.com Israel News}
