IDF training exercise sparks fire, damages future nature reserve - Haaretz - Israel News
IDF training exercise sparks fire, damages future nature reserve - Haaretz - Israel News: "A Lachish-region area designated to become a nature reserve sustained major damage after an army training exercise ignited a fire there last week.
A total of 25,000 dunams were damaged. This is twice the area damaged in the Shaar Hagay blaze a decade ago, and nearly equal to the total amount of land burnt in the Galilee during the Second Lebanon War.
The fire consumed large areas of natural woodland that contained low bushes and annuals.
The army has extensive training grounds in the Lachish region and in Beit Govrin. Conservation officials claim training exercises spark several devastating fires every summer."
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