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Forest fires created destruction in southern Europe this week and forced thousands of inhabitants to escape from their homes.
The flames in Spain, Italy, France and Greece – other countries – hot air, strong winds and some cases were deported by the arson.
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‘Like apocalypse’
According to the EU Science Hub’s Joint Research Center, this year, it has been roasted in Europe, which has so far been roasted throughout Europe – an average of two floors for the same period since 2006. A volunteer in the Greek city of Patras, west of Athens, described the stage this week as “apocalypse”.
Authorities in the city released a Children’s Hospital and Pension House on Wednesday, August 13th. While the fire was swept into a tensile courtyard, about 500 vehicles were destroyed.
As reported by Reuters, Giorgos Karvanis, a volunteer who came to Patras from Athens to Patras, said, “What does it look like? It looks like the Day of Resurrection. God can help us and help people here.”
Popular tourist gum islands and Kephalonia were asked to move to security while fires spread. Approximately 5,000 firefighters were deployed, supported by 45 aircraft and helicopters.
Living at risk
In Spain, a voluntary firefighter died tragically in the castle and Leon region in the north of Madrid. 35 -year -old Nogarejas was trapped in a fire near the town of Nogarejas, and suffered violent burns.
Alexander, a senior expert in fire management at the European Forest Institute, said that firefighters were at risk while working in unprepared landscapes. “Imagine that there will be no industrial building and fire detectors, sprinkler system, fire protection gates and escape route – Firefighters would only refuse to enter, but we expect him to do this in our view.”
According to Greenpeace, an investment of £ 860 million each year in forest management can save a land of 9.9 million hectares – Portugal -sized area.
France has been experiencing the largest forest fire for at least 50 years. A fire in Southern France spread to a larger area than Paris.
Local authorities, the last hot and dry weather is particularly dangerous, he said. Approximately 1,300 firefighters were mobilized to prevent reign this week.
Risk of arson
According to Environment Minister Sara Aagen, some of the latest fires in Spain are believed to have been initiated by the arsonists. A firefighter was arrested on Tuesday (August 12th) for fires near Madrid two weeks ago.
In Italy, on Vesuvius Mountain, a forest fire of approximately 1.9 miles wide, close to Naples, erupted. Some tourist trails were forced to close because the flames destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests and killed wild animals.
Tourists in Pompeii and Naples could see smoke feathers in the region. Italy’s drones, firefighters, soldiers and police officers were deployed next to the police.
Other fires were sweeping Albania and Türkiye this week. One person died in Albania and was released from the state of Northwest Canakkale in Türkiye.
