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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/40-die-in-israel-forest-fire.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Smoke from a wildfire rises to the sky as seen from the northern Israeli community of Kiriyat Bialik, near Haifa (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-40-die-in-israel-forest-fire.jpg" alt="Smoke from a wildfire rises to the sky as seen from the northern Israeli community of Kiriyat Bialik, near Haifa (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Around 40 people have died when a bus burst into flames as it raced to an Israeli prison during a massive forest fire.</p>
<p>The victims were mainly prison guards participating in the rescue mission, officials said. It was one of the deadliest accidents in the nation&#8217;s history.</p>
<p>Fire officials said the blaze, which torched some 800 acres, remained out of control as nightfall arrived.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a disaster of unprecedented proportions,&#8221; prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.</p>
<p>He said the government was using all means at its disposal to contain the blaze, and he appealed to Cyprus, Italy, Russia and Greece to provide backup.</p>
<p>Fire commissioner Shimon Romach told Israel Radio that the country didn&#8217;t have enough planes or helicopters, and that the available aircraft had trouble working at night.</p>
<p>The fire in the northern Carmel region broke out around midday, prompting authorities to clear the area of hundreds of residents, as well as Palestinian inmates from the Damun prison.</p>
<p>A bus headed to the prison went up in flames. TV footage showed the charred skeleton of the bus, with several bodies lying on the ground. No inmates were reported injured.</p>
<p>Yaron Zamir, a spokesman for the national prison service, said the men were guards but did not work at the prison. Instead, they had raced from central Israel to assist in the rescue.</p>
<p>He called it a &#8220;difficult, sad and incomprehensible day.&#8221;</p>
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