Arson fears over European wildfires.Summary: Speculation mounts many of the European wildfires may have been sparked on purpose by arsonists. Firefighters in Spain, France, Greece and Italy are continuing to battle forest fires This is a list of notorious forest fires: North America Year Size Name Area Notes 1825 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km²) Miramichi Fire New Brunswick Killed 160 people. as speculation grows many were sparked deliberately. Thousands of acres of land have been destroyed across southern Europe Southern Europe or sometimes Mediterranean Europe is a region of the European continent. There is no clear definition of the term which can vary depending on whether geographic, cultural, linguistic or historical factors are taken into account. . In Spain, where six firefighters have been killed, a new blaze has broken out in Las Hurdes Las Hurdes or Las Jurdes is a comarca in Cáceres Province of Extremadura, one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous Communities, bordering Salamanca Province of Castile-Leon to the north. , Extremadura. In the country's Aragon region, water planes have brought most of the fires under control. More than 15 people have reportedly been arrested by Spanish authorities and there are also suspicions surrounding the blaze on the Italian island of Corsica. A French army officer has reportedly been taken into custody, blamed for starting a sweeping wildfire on the outskirts of Marseille Marseille or Marseilles City (pop., 1999: city, 797,486; metro. area, 1,349,772), southeastern France. One of the Mediterranean's major seaports and the second largest city in France, it is located on the Gulf of Lion, west of the French Riviera. . On the island of Corsica, 4,000 hectares of brush and pinewood pine·wood n. 1. The wood of the pine tree. 2. A forest of pines. Often used in the plural. have been wiped out. In Greece, officials remain on standby as soaring summer temperatures hit 43 degrees. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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