Russia is facing “a difficult situation” with forest fires due to “unusual” heat, mainly in an area near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today. “Due to adverse weather conditions, the situation is difficult in many regions of the European part of the country,” Putin said during an online meeting with regional officials on forest […]
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Portugal on alert – Fighting forest fires
Portugal, which has been hit by a third heat wave since the beginning of July, is fighting several fires today while the country is on alert until tomorrow, Tuesday, due to an increased risk of forest fires. This morning, almost 1,800 firefighters were battling to put out the flames in Portuguese territory, according to data […]
Algeria: Fires brought under control – Death toll at 38
Fires that ravaged urban and forested areas in northeastern Algeria on Wednesday and Thursday, killing at least 38 people, have been brought under control, a Civil Protection official said today. “All the fires are fully under control,” said Fire Chief Farooq Ashour, who is also the deputy director of Intelligence and Statistics for Civil Protection. […]
A major fire on a railway bridge in central London has been brought under control
LAST UPDATE: 15.06 A major fire that broke out on a railway bridge in Southwark, central London, which forced the suspension of trains in the area and the evacuation of some buildings, has now been brought under control, the London Fire Service said. The fire service, which sent 10 fire engines and about 70 firefighters […]
Forest fires: Record burned areas this year in Europe
While the peak fire season is not yet over, the provisional toll is rising in the European Union with already more than 6,600,000 hectares burned since January, a record number for that time period since 2006 when the first satellite data. Since January 1, fires have destroyed 6,627,760 hectares of forests in the European Union, […]
Fires are raging in southwestern France amid a new heat wave
Fires raged in southwestern France yesterday, Tuesday, destroying 16 homes, burning 60,000 acres and forcing nearly 6,000 people to flee the region, which was already hit last month by huge fires. France, like the rest of Europe, is dealing with heat waves and drought that have caused many fires in the past two months. “The […]
SYRIZA-PS: Mr. Mitsotakis leaves the opposition which highlights the inadequacies in the management of the fires
“Mr. Mitsotakis not only did not learn any lesson from last year’s catastrophic fires that burned 1.3 million hectares, but this year, when a huge ecological disaster is happening again, he has the audacity to point the finger,” he underlines in a statement of SYRIZA-PS. “He has the audacity to abandon the opposition that highlights […]
Mitsotakis’ indignation at the ‘deckchair firefighters’
The Cabinet meeting is in progress. The last ministerial before the limited, as he described, the August vacations, with the Prime Minister standing by his proposal on two main issues. Fires and the energy crisis. “Permit me, dear minister, and a personal comment, an indignation against all these ‘deckchair firemen’ who criticize from a distance […]
Mitsotakis’ indignation at the ‘deckchair firefighters’ – The messages of the Council of Ministers
The Cabinet meeting is in progress. The last ministerial before the limited, as he described, the August vacations, with the Prime Minister standing by his proposal on two main issues. Fires and the energy crisis. “Permit me, dear Minister, and a personal comment, an indignation against all these ‘deckchair firemen’ who criticize from a distance […]
SYRIZA: Spells for the Eye – National plan and doubling of benefits
By Niki Zorba For Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA, criticizing the government for the fires neither last year nor this year is an easy task. On the contrary, lurking in every opposition turn, the collective trauma of the murderous fire in Mati that provokes reflexive comparisons (but also “aided” apparently, by his political opponents). The Eye […]