28 Aug 2023 8:50 am
Looks like the governments are acting accordingly.Majik » 28 Aug 2023, 6:43 am » wrote: ↑ Greek officials arrested 160 people on arson charges for the wildfires that ravaged Greece this summer. Previously, the media almost exclusively blamed the Greek wildfires on climate change.Wildfires have scorched Greece this summer. In the past week, at least 21 people – including two children – lost their lives in connection with the wildfires.
Firefighters battled 99 separate wildfires across the country on Wednesday.The wildfires have forced numerous evacuations during the summer months, including the main hospital of Alexandroupolis in northeast Greece.The European Union's Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said that more than 180,400 acres burned in the port city of Alexandroupolis – making it the largest wildfire ever recorded among European Union countries, according to CNN.Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said that 160 people had been arrested across the country on arson charges, 42 of them accused of intentional arson and the remainder accused of setting fires through neglect, according to the New York Times.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/arson-arr ... ange-media