Fire and rescue teams have gained control over the fire that broke out in an apartment on the sixth floor of a residential building in Rishon LeZion. "After firefighting and ventilation operations in the residential building, the shelter-in-place directive given to residents has been lifted," the fire department reported. They also noted that "firefighters extinguished the source of the fire, ventilated the smoke from the building, and all residents safely returned to their homes." An investigation has been opened to examine the circumstances of the fire outbreak.

