Turkey sends two fire fighting planes to Israel

Turkey sent two fire fighting airplanes to Israel on Friday after a fire erupted in Haifa city on Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Two CL-215 airplanes were dispatched to Israel upon an order by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the report. The two airplanes will arrive in Israel on Friday morning, said the report. A CL-215 airplane can carry six tons of water. At least 40 people were killed in what Israeli officials described as a historic "firestorm" near Israel's port city of Haifa on Thursday.

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