Firefighters battle blaze at Nahal Gilbon in Golan Heights

          Firefighters continued to battle a fire that began in the Ein Tina nature reserve and subsequently spread to Nahal Gilbon in the Golan Heights on Friday. A number of firefighting crews as well as firefighting planes were battling the blaze, estimated to have already burned several thousand dunams of land. Nearby Highway 91 was closed to traffic to prevent people from entering the nature reserve area. The fire broke out in the Ein Tina nature reserve on Thursday. Three female hikers were slightly injured from smoke inhalation. Dozens of tourists were evacuated from the reserve. An additional fire broke out earlier Thursday afternoon in the northern Galilee on Mount Meron. Three firefighting crews and two airplanes successfully put out that blaze. No injuries were reported, but forty dunams of land were destroyed in the fire. (11,11)