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Source: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/huge_israeli_forest_fire_kills.html
Huge Israeli Forest Fire Kills 36 Israeli Guards Racing to Save Palestinian Prisoners
(AP-Ha'aretz) The worst forest fire in Israel's history on Thursday devastated the Carmel forest in Israel's Galilee, killing at least 36 guards on their way to rescue inmates at a prison in the fire zone, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands. Most of the 41 dead were students on the Prison Service's guards' course racing through the fire toward a prison to evacuate the inmates, most of them Palestinians. A tree fell across the road, blocking their bus. Some guards were burned alive inside, while others died as they tried to flee.