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"More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European
countries, backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters, are
battling three major wildfires in Greece, two of which have been raging for
days.
A huge blaze in the country’s north-eastern regions of Evros and
Alexandroupolis, believed to have caused the deaths of 20 of the 21
wildfire-related deaths in the last week, was burning for a ninth day.
The blaze, one of Europe’s largest single wildfires, has destroyed vast tracts
of forest and burned homes in the outlying areas of the city of
Alexandroupolis. On Sunday, 295 firefighters, seven planes and five helicopters
were tackling the blaze, the fire department said.
The EU’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service said on Sunday that the
wildfire had scorched 77,000 hectares (190,000 acres) of land and had 120
active hotspots.
Copernicus is the EU space programme’s Earth observation component and uses
satellite imagery to provide mapping data."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
