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The following images  were taken on Sunday morning 25 Kislev as a fuel tank was burning in a refinery in Haifa. Forty fire crews were working to bring the fire under control, a fire that engulfed the entire Haifa Bay area. Fire Service spokesman Yoram Levy explained their biggest fear is the blaze spreading to other nearby tankers.

B’chasdei Hashem there were no reports of injuries.

Shortly after 11:30am, firefighters managed to reach the roof of the burning refinery and pour foam on it from multiple directions. They described the progress as “a significant relaxation.”

However, full control over the fire had still not yet been attained as the flames continued to rage. By 4:30pm, the flames had showed few signs of waning however and in fact were reinvigorated, throwing the fire services into a state of confusion as to why. “It isn’t clear. According to the representatives of the refinery the amount (of gas) was supposed to have been finished a long time ago,” said a firefighter. It later emerged that the amount of gas had been miscalculated.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Media Resource Group)