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Bedouin mother, baby die in fire

Mother, infant daughter found dead at scene of blaze; no suspicion of foul play for now

A mother and an infant born only a few days ago died in a fire at a Bedouin community located near Mishor Adumim, not far from Jerusalem.

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Police were called to the scene Saturday morning after members of a Bedouin tribe residing in the area reported the fire. Authorities have no indication that foul play was involved in the deaths.

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A Magen David Adom ambulance team pronounced the mother and daughter dead at the scene. Their bodies were transferred to the Forensic Institute at Abu-Kabir, while officials launched a probe into the circumstances of the fire.

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Paramedic Felix Lotan from Jerusalem recounted the difficult moments as rescue teams discovered the bodies.

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"Accessing the area was very difficult. We were dealing with a site that had no light in it. I saw the fire from afar," he said. "When we arrived, the entire site was completely burned down. There was not much left for us to do. We found two bodiesโ€ฆit was a very difficult sightโ€ฆremoving the bodies was not a simple taskโ€ฆthe Bedouins helped us in the evacuation."

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Ronen Medzini contributed to the report

 

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