Israeli firefighter planes try to get a massive forest fire under control in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, early 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
An Israeli firefighter looks at the destruction caused by a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
An Israeli firefighter is dwarfed by high rising flames as he battles to prevent a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, to spread while the sky is tainted red from the smoke 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
An Israeli firefighter tries to prevent a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, to spread while the sky is tainted red from the smoke 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
An exhausted Israeli firefighter looks at the destruction caused by a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
An Israeli firefighter searches for dead bodies among burned trees during a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
An Israeli firefighter prays during a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Israeli firefighters carry the body of a comrade which got caught and burned to death in a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Israeli firefighters carry the body of a comrade who burned to death in a forest fire in the Carmel Forest close to Haifa, northern Israel, 03 December 2010. A major fire in northern Israel spread through thousands of acres of land and resulted in the deaths of at least five people when a bus evacuating them overturned. Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said he could not give an exact figure of the number of fatalities, but Israel Radio correspondents at the scene put the number as between five to 11. The dead were prisoners being evacuated from a local prison as the fire spread. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
