the efforts to gain control over a massive wildfire, still raging near by, in Tirat Hacarmel, northern Israel,

Firefighters rest on the road at sunrise after participating overnight in the efforts to gain control over a massive wildfire, still raging near by, in Tirat Hacarmel, northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. The worst forest fire in Israel's history devastated one of the country's few forested areas, killing dozens of people as guards raced to rescue inmates at a prison in the fire zone, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands.


Israeli firefighters work on the slope of a burning hill in Tirat Ha Carmel near the northern city of Haifa on December 3, 2010 a day after the huge fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.

A charred bus that was carrying prison guards and was trapped in a huge forest fire sits on the road in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.

A charred bus that was carrying prison guards and was trapped in a huge forest fire sits on the road in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.

An Israeli civilian extinguish fire close to his house in the Kibbutz Beit Oren in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze

A burnt house is seen in the Kibbutz Beit Oren in the Carmel Forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 03, 2010 a day after the fire started killing 40 people, most of them prison guards, when it tore through the forest, prompting urgent calls for international help to tackle the blaze.