Israel Faces the Fire

The largest forest fire in Israel's history burned outside of Haifa on December 3, 2010. Red boxes outline the actively burning areas. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the fire at 12:50 p.m. local time.

This photo, taken near the village of Tirat HaCarmel, Israel, shows smoke rising from the Carmel Mountain fire on December 3, 2010

Israeli firefighters continue to battle against a fire in Northern Israel where at least 41 people were killed and 13, 000 residents evacuated.

The sun rises amidst smoke of ongoing fire in the mountains outside of Haifa, Israel, a day after a huge fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest.

TIRAT HACARMEL, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 03: (ISRAEL OUT) Israeli firefighters battle against a forest blaze on December 3, 2010 in Tirat Hacarmel, Israel. 41 people have been killed and 13, 000 residents evacuated as Northern Israel faces the country's worst ever forest blaze. International firefighting planes, equipment and personel are arriving following an urgent appeal for help tackling the fire that has already consumed over 2,800 hectares. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Israeli firefighters stand close to a raging fire in the city of Kiryat Karmel, Carmel Forest, near Israel's northern city of Haifa.

Israeli firefighters battle against a forest blaze as the country faces its worst ever forest blaze.

Israeli firefighters try to extinguish raging fire in Beit Oren, Carmel Forest.

An Israeli medic walks near a charred bus that was trapped in a huge forest fire that raged out of control near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 02, 2010.An Israeli medic walks near a charred bus that was trapped in a huge forest fire that raged out of control near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 02, 2010. 40 people were killed by the forest fire that consumed the bus.

Charred remains of a bus a day after it burned down.

Firefighting airplanes replenishes water from the Mediterranean sea near Haifa.

A firefighting plane flies as the sun sets over fire Haifa.

A Greek firefighting plane sprays fire extinguishing material over the fire in the village of Yemin Orde, Israel.

A firefighting plane sprays fire extinguishing material over the wildfire near Beit Oren, Israel.

Israeli fireman spray water in an attempt to stop the fire from spreading. Many International firefighting planes, equipment and personnel are arriving following an urgent appeal for help by the government.

Smoke rises from the Carmel.

Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaking with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, thanking him for the support sent by the Russian Federation.