Israel Fire and Rescue Services crews battled two fires in Modiin Illit over Shabbat. An early-morning blaze in an apartment on Messilat Yosef Street was caused by candles left burning on a refrigerator; a family member woke from the smoke and roused the household, allowing all to escape. A second fire broke out on Hefetz Hayim Street in an electrical cabinet, spreading smoke through the building. No injuries were reported. Fire officials said the first incident nearly became a disaster.
The Israel Fire and Rescue Services reported two separate fires in the ultra-Orthodox city of Modiin Illit on Shabbat, June 20. In the first incident, during the early-morning hours, a fire broke out in a residential apartment on Messilat Yosef Street. The initial investigation indicated the blaze began after candles were left burning on top of a refrigerator. One of the family members woke up due to the smoke and alerted the rest of the household, enabling all residents to escape the heavy smoke that filled the home. The second fire occurred on Hefetz Hayim Street, where fire crews extinguished a burning electrical cabinet; heavy smoke rose into the building's stairwell and required ventilation and searches. As The Zioneer has previously reported, multiple residential fires have occurred in Modiin Illit over recent weeks, pointing to recurring home fire hazards in the city's densely populated neighborhoods. Fire officials stressed that smoke detectors would have provided an earlier warning in the first, more dangerous blaze.
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