Rain helps firefighters in Greece but flare-ups continue
by Yannick Pasquet ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Rain overnight in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece have helped "improve the situation" on…
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‘I’m lost’: Greek farmer overcome after fire burns goat herd
by Alexandros KOTTIS PAPPADES, Greece (AFP) -- Stunned, Kostis Angelou wanders between the corpses of his goats, all 372 of…
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Algeria mourns 69 dead as Mediterranean wildfires spread
by Yacine Benrabia with Abdelhafid Daamache in Algiers TIZI OUZOU, Algeria (AFP) -- The death toll climbed to at least…
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Siberia feels the brunt of climate change as wildfires rage
by Evan GERSHKOVICH YAKUTSK, Russia (AFP) -- Alexander Fyodorov peered out his office window towards the vast forests where wildfires…
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Greece wildfires ‘slowly coming under control’: mayor
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Hundreds of firefighters were battling to control two massive wildfires in Greece on Wednesday, one raging…
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Algeria wildfires kill 42, authorities blame arson
ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) -- Wildfires fanned by blistering temperatures and tinder-dry conditions have killed at least 42 people in Algeria,…
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‘Incinerated’: Before and after California’s monster wildfire
GREENVILLE, United States (AFP) -- Before one of California's worst-ever wildfires hit Greenville, the sky turned dark red like a…
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Huge force struggling to contain Greek fires
by Alexandros Kottis with John Hadoulis in Athens AVGARIA, Greece (AFP) -- Backed by a huge multinational force, Greek firefighters…
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Putin orders reinforcements to fight Siberia wildfires
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered officials Tuesday to send in reinforcements to fight forest fires that…
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Five dead as wildfires rage across Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) -- At least five people have died in raging wildfires in Algeria as firefighters battle more than…
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Desperate Greeks flee as fires ravage Evia island
by Alexandros KOTTIS with Katerina NIKOLOPOULOU in Athens GOUVES, Greece (AFP) -- Hundreds of Greek islanders packed up their belongings…
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Hundreds of families homeless as Greek fires rage, rain saves Turkey
Hundreds of firefighters fought fires that have devoured record numbers of woodlands in Greece on Saturday and left hundreds of…
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