And almost every intelligence agency in the western world to include the BND . <| sep |> Haifa is burning . An entire Israeli city is on fire . This is not a natural occurrence . This is arson . They ' re calling in the Home Front Command and reserve duty soldiers . Two large prisons are being evacuated . Mainstream Arab media is celebrating , calling it the fire intifada . As usual , mainstream Western media doesn ' t give a fuck . Honestly , it feels like shit . UPDATE 315 pm , local time 28 patients on life support from one of the hospitals in Haifa are being evacuated by the fire department . At least 12 neighborhoods have been evacuated so far . According to the fire department , at least 4 of the fire ' s sources are arson . Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated . The train stations in the city have beenshut down . 15 airtankers are currently working in an attempt to stop the fire from spreading . UPDATE 350 pm local time An estimated 60 , 000 people have been evacuated . Roughly 100 people have been evacuated to the hospital due to smoke inhalation . UPDATE 435 local time The Shin Bet has made several arrests , assisted by the fire department . The Chief of Police commented on the arrests , confirming that the police too believes that the cause of many of the fires is arson . According to Channel 22 , in the past week there were 1500 fires , many of which were arsons . In comparison , at the same time last year there were 600 fires a week . There are several other fires currently spreading in the country . One in the mountains of Jerusalem , one close to the Dead Sea and another in Or Yehuda . According to Channel 22 and Channel 10 , these are currently believed to be caused by arson .