Do Not Dishonor The Dead With Cover UP
'Source of Carmel fire was burning trash, not arson'
By YAAKOV LAPPIN AND JPOST.COM STAFF
12/03/2010 21:15
Police Chief: Two suspects arrested for arson in Kiryat Bialik and Tivon fires; police are on alert for more cases of arson.
The Fire Department Commissioner Friday night said that the source of the Carmel fire has been determined to be a burning trash pile and not arson.
Earlier on Friday, Police Insp.-Gen. David Cohen said that the two arson suspects arrested earlier in the day are not linked to the main fire on the Carmel Mountain.
Cohen said that investigators have determined that the large fire, which is raging in the Carmel, spread from a single ignition point. He added that the cause of the fire would be determined by Saturday.
The police inspector-general said that there were, however, a number of suspected arson attacks in the North, but that the cause of the large Carmel fire was still unknown.
Police have said that additional fires in Kiryat Bialik and Tivon were both caused by arson.
A separate wildfire was reported Friday afternoon in a field near Route 70, in the southern Carmel mountains near Bat Shlomo (south of Haifa). Route 70 was closed to traffic in both directions.
Earlier on Friday, police found a bike, a bag, and a wig inside near a fire center in Tzur Shalom, leading them to believe that the fire was caused by an arsonist or arsonists.
Police Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the Post that there are 3 fire centers - Tzur Shalom, the Atlit - Tirat Hacarmel area, and the Carmel hillsides. In one, Tzur Shalom, north of Haifa, "we located suspicious items pointing to arson. As for the other two major fires, it is too early and the incidents are to large in scale to know their causes at this stage." The death toll in the fires rose to 42 on Friday, according to Army Radio.
Don't do a cover up.
The police say one thing, they have three ignition points and have recovered evidence of arson relating to the original fire.
Now the head of the fire department says it was a fire in a garbage dump that got out of control.
Do not dishonor the deaths of the prison guards, police officers and firemen.
More important to try to keep the Druze from seeking revenge which based on the arrest of two Druze starting a fire outside of an Israeli Arab village has already started.
Tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may. The insult to the Druze if Israel covers up the arson may have negative ramifications for the future of Israel.
