Suspected hazardous materials leak in Jerusalem, two elderly people found unconscious

Jerusalem Post/Israel NewsMagen David Adom teams are treating two people in their 70s and 80s who were found unconscious but breathing, lying on the floor of a bedroom.Follow us on GoogleIsraeli firefighters at the scene where a kid in a critical condition after a fire broke at an apartment in Ramot, Jerusalem, December 3, 2025.(photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)AUGUST 27, 2026 18:59Two elderly people were found unconscious but breathing in an apartment in Jerusalem on Thursday as firefighters investigated a suspected hazardous materials incident, according to initial reports.Firefighters from the HaUmah station were operating at a multi-story building on Moshe Dayan Boulevard in Jerusalem following suspicions that hazardous materials were present in a fourth-floor apartment.Magen David Adom teams are treating two people in their 70s and 80s who were found unconscious but breathing, lying on the floor of their home in Pisgat Ze'ev. They are in serious condition. An elderly couple (credit: INGIMAGE)MDA teams treat elderly couple exposed to potential chemical leakMDA medics and Jerusalem District Police provided medical treatment at the scene. The man was evacuated to Hadassah-University Medical Center on Mount Scopus, while the woman was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.MDA paramedic Nadav Tayeb and motorcycle unit medic David Levy said: "We saw a man and woman in their 70s when they were unconscious. We provided them with life-saving medical treatment, sedated and ventilated the man, and evacuated them to the hospital in serious condition."Firefighters were conducting searches and inspections inside the apartment. The circumstances surrounding the incident were not yet known.Follow us on Google