A large fire covering an estimated distance of one kilometer spread through the West Bank in the direction of Itamar on Friday evening.
Firefighters and volunteers from the Samaria Regional Fire Station worked to gain control over the fire and extinguish the flames, which they successfully managed to do shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday night.
Fire crews were located close to the Itamar settlement in order to prevent it from reaching the locality should it continue to spread.
"The fire is moving fast under the auspices of strong winds in the area," the shift commander explained.