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‘Evacuated for the Fifth Time’: Worst Wildfires in Canadian History Persist
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‘Evacuated for the Fifth Time’: Worst Wildfires in Canadian History Persist
Wildfires in Canada have forced the displacement of thousands of residents. In Northern Quebec, evacuees from the Cree Nation recently returned home after the smoke cleared, only to evacuate yet again after the fires reignited days later.
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We’re being evacuated for the fifth time. The smoke is getting heavier. They say it’s
Wildfires and Heat Transform Italy and Greece Into Tourism Nightmares
As a family sat vigil over a coffin containing the body of an elderly relative, the wooded hills around their apartment building in Palermo burned from wildfires. Winds blew the blazes closer, torching cars, dumpsters, sheds and electricity poles. Then the flames licked the apartment building, forcing its inhabitants to flee.
“We wanted to leave the house, but then the flames were behind the door,” a resident told Live Sicilia television. She said she and her family wrapped their faces
Greek minister resigns after vacationing while wildfires rage – POLITICO
ATHENS — Greece’s minister for citizen protection resigned on Friday after he was spotted on a holiday as wildfires spread across the country.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accepted the resignation of the minister responsible for public security services, including police, who have assisted the fire service with multiple wildfires in tourist destinations, near towns and military bases in the past two weeks.
Eyewitnesses, according to local media outlets, spotted the now ex-minister, Notis Mitarachi, on Patmos island.
“He showed up
Wildfires trigger explosions at ammo warehouse in Greece – POLITICO
ATHENS — Wildfires ravaging central Greece spread to a military warehouse just miles from a major air base Thursday afternoon, igniting ammunition and setting off huge explosions.
After the blasts, authorities evacuated residents and tourists by land and sea from nearby towns and beaches. No injuries have been reported.
The ammunition warehouse is about 6 kilometers from a major military air base in Nea Anchialos.
The Greek air force said the area surrounding the warehouse was evacuated before the wildfires
Where Wildfires Are Raging in Europe and North Africa
Hundreds of wildfires have burned their way through Southern Europe and North Africa this week, with residents of nearby communities forced to flee the billowing smoke and advancing blazes. Firefighters in at least 10 countries in the region have mobilized firefighting planes and trucks to douse the blazes, which have blackened thousands of acres of land, consumed buildings and killed dozens of people.
With the summer season typically a popular time for tourists, visitors to the region have also been
Rhodes residents criticise response to wildfires – EURACTIV.com
People on the tourist island fear the impact of the loss of summer trade after fires that ravaged businesses and homes. EURACTIV’s media partner, The Guardian, reports.
Anastassia Pissaka, a pharmacist, was sitting outside the blackened remains of a cafe in Kiotari, ready to volunteer in case local people needed medicines. Her pharmacy had survived, even as the flames completely destroyed the neighbouring business, causing what many in the local area view as needless damage.
Local people on the Greek
Wildfires in Greece Raise Fears of Tourism Collapse
As thousands of tourists have fled the flames devouring the Greek island of Rhodes, locals were left with scorched land, and the ashes of the cypresses, olive trees and pines surrounding their empty bars, shops and hotels.
Many fear their livelihoods have been shattered for now and perhaps for the future, if the visitors, a core source of income for the island, do not return.
“It was green, and now it’s black,” said George Tirelis, who manages some holiday villas
Plane crashes fighting raging wildfires in southern Greece tragedy
Two pilots aboard a Greek air force water-dropping plane were killed after the plane crashed while diving into a wildfire in southern Greece on Tuesday, according to reports.
Christos Moulas, 34, and Periklis Stefanidis, 27, were sent to douse scrub fires near Platanistos at the southern tip of Evia Island, The Sun reported.
Footage shows a yellow Canadair CL-215 plane swooping low to dump water on smouldering bushes. However, it clips a tree, and a piece of wing is seen
Wildfires Leave Greek Island in Ashes
Days of spreading wildfires in parts of the Greek island of Rhodes prompted what some officials described as Greece’s largest evacuation in history.
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Astonishing images show Greece wildfires from space
Residents and thousands of vacationers have spent recent days fleeing wildfires in parts of Greece, with dramatic news images showing