Woman rescued from burning apartment on fourth floor in Ma'alot Tarshiha

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A fire broke out in an apartment on the fourth floor of a six-story building in Ma'alot Tarshiha. Five firefighting crews from the Galil Merkazi station were dispatched to the scene, entered the burning apartment and rescued a woman who was trapped inside. The woman, in her 60s, was transferred to the care of MDA medical teams, and the incident was declared under control.

During firefighting operations, thick smoke spread to other apartments in the building. Firefighters searched all apartments that the smoke had reached and found no additional trapped people. Firefighters continue operations to extinguish the flames and clear the smoke from the structure.

The incident commander, Rashaf Tali'a Murad, said the forces entered the burning apartment and rescued the woman who was trapped inside.