In 22 November a wave of fires (both wildfires and urban fires) began in Israel from south as the Dead Sea area to Nahariya Some of the fires occurred naturally; others were arson attacks.

On 28 November, after 8 days, the firefighting services announced that the emergency condition was over, after firefighters fought 1,773, of them at least 39 were major fires that required at least ten crews or more.

The largest fire occurred in Haifa, where 527 apartments were destroyed completely 77 buildings, leaving 1,600 people homeless. 75,000 residents, about a quarter of the city's population, were evacuated from 11 neighborhoods.

Updated on 19 Dec 2016.