40 Killed in Israel Forest Fire

A forest fire in northern Israel has killed at least 40 people after a bus overturned in the flames, the Jerusalem Post reports. The fire, which began this morning near a village, has spread across some 1,400 acres. Fire crews battled the flames as a kibbutz and a prison were evacuated, but thus far efforts to calm the flames have been unsuccessful, officials said. Strong winds and flammable brush have worsened the situation, whose cause isn’t known.