Fourteen firefighting crews are working Tuesday morning to extinguish a blaze that broke out overnight in an industrial and scrap storage building in Haifa. The fire was declared a station-level "Makat Esh" (major fire) due to the large heat load from burning metals. No casualties have been reported, but operations are expected to continue for hours.
The fire at a scrap and light metal storage site on HaMoskim Street in Haifa, first reported at 02:40 Tuesday, escalated overnight into a station-level "Makat Esh" (major fire) due to the intense heat released by burning metals. By Tuesday morning, fourteen firefighting crews were deployed, and Deputy Haifa Station Commander Kfir Janach declared the major fire status upon assessing the blaze's scope. Operations including extinguishing, evacuation, and cooling are expected to continue for hours. No casualties have been reported as of 09:53 Tuesday.
The incident first appeared in desk intake at 02:40 Tuesday, citing N12, reporting 14 crews on site with no casualties. By 02:40, the Israel Fire and Rescue Services confirmed that firefighters were containing the blaze to prevent it from spreading to nearby buildings and factories. The 08:56 update added that the fire was at the HaMoskim Street site and involved scrap and light metals, with the department providing official details. The latest dispatch reports the declaration of a station-level Makat Esh by Deputy Commander Janach, marking a formal escalation in operational response.
The Zioneer has reported several fire incidents in Haifa and the surrounding region in recent days. On Monday, June 15, at 23:18, firefighters extinguished a blaze in a building on Yad Labanim Street. On Thursday, June 11, a fire in a fifth-floor apartment on Makor Baruch Street was contained. Further afield, a brush fire threatened a military base near Moshav Elifelet on June 5, and a fire was reported in Harish on June 3. These incidents, while separate, underscore a sustained period of firefighting activity in northern Israel.
No details on the cause of the fire have been released. The Israel Fire and Rescue Services have not yet provided an update on potential damage to surrounding structures beyond stating that containment efforts are underway.
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