“That we have no suffered additional losses is thanks to the police personnel, the firefighters, the soldiers, the pilots, the MDA personnel, the local council workers, the many volunteers and the citizens of Israel.”
Mostly it’s due to the fact that they’ve learned not to get up-slope of a wind driven fire.
This thing’s about 15,000 acres. Just for comparison, the Station Fire in Los Angeles was over 160,000.
From the cited comments, it appears a shortage of tactical knowledge is going hand in hand with a flare for drama.
12 hours later they announced complete control. Like I said, more drama than reality.