July 17, 2015

72 fires in 24 hours

How accidental can that be?

In 24 hours, 72 separate fires broke out on four main fronts in a region stretching from the island of Evia, north-east of Athens, to the southern Peloponnese.

Thousands of acres of forest land was burnt along with at least 40 houses.

But this is not the first time.
From 1998 to 2014 more than 10.000.000 acres of forest land have been burnt along with over 4.000 houses. Even worse, between 2000-2012, 125 people lost their lives due to forest fires.
During the past six years about 300 suspects were arrested for arson. However, we've never heard of even one conviction.

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