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9/12/2021 7:31:48 PM
The thunderstorms dropped light rain to slightly dampen the drought-stricken north, fire officials said
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9/4/2021 8:35:08 PM
'The incident continues to look better and better every day,' Tim Burton, an operations chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, told firefighters at a Saturday briefing
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World
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8/23/2021 3:35:23 PM
Scores of firefighters battled to contain two new wildfires in Greece on Monday, as winds fanned the blazes and forced several villages and neighbourhoods to be evacuated
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World
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8/18/2021 10:06:25 AM
The Mediterranean basin has long faced seasonal wildfires linked to its dry and hot weather in the summer, but climate scientists warn they will become increasingly common because of man-made global warming
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World
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8/17/2021 5:13:26 PM
Hot, dry weather and short winters in recent years have left the wooded hills near Jerusalem especially prone to wildfires. The blaze that began Sunday has cloaked Jerusalem in a pall of thick black smoke.
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World
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8/16/2021 6:30:45 PM
Fires have flared this summer around the Mediterranean basin, including in Greece, Turkey, Algeria, and Morocco
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8/16/2021 2:40:16 PM
Three settlements in the area were ordered evacuated, while the fire department sent dozens of firefighters, as well as six water-dropping planes and four helicopters. Local officials appealed to people not to approach the area
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World
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8/15/2021 9:03:08 PM
The US Forest Service said Friday it is operating in crisis mode, fully deploying firefighters and maxing out its support system
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World
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8/14/2021 7:18:01 PM
The government has blamed arsonists and a blistering heatwave for dozens of blazes that have raged across the country's north since Monday and criticized authorities for failing to prepare for the annual phenomenon
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World
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8/13/2021 4:49:37 PM
Greece's fire department said four water-dropping aircraft and six helicopters were sent to control the new fire in central Evia, along with 23 firefighters and 10 vehicles
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World
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International
8/11/2021 10:23:44 AM
EU states and other countries have so far contributed 21 aircraft, 250 vehicles and more than 1,200 firefighters, some of whom were due to arrive by Friday
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8/10/2021 1:45:00 PM
Nearly 900 firefighters, reinforced overnight with fresh arrivals from abroad, were deployed on the country's second largest island as major towns and resorts remained under threat
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World
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8/9/2021 4:23:18 PM
Firefighters and residents battled a massive forest fire on Greece’s second largest island for a seventh day, fighting to save what they can from flames that have decimated vast tracts of pristine forest
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International
8/8/2021 4:35:31 PM
Pillars of billowing smoke and ash blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island and turned the sky orange as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and triggered more evacuation alerts Sunday
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World
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International
8/7/2021 3:21:32 PM
Thousands of residents and vacationers in areas where fires broke out days ago have fled by land and by sea as firefighters and volunteers battled through the night
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World
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8/6/2021 5:19:00 PM
Thousands of people have fled their homes or holiday accommodation in Greece, while at least 20 people, including four firefighters, have been treated for injuries
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World
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8/4/2021 8:05:27 PM
'The flames are 30 to 40 metres high and surrounding the monastery. We're suffocating due to the smoke,' one of the monks told the ANA Greek news agency by phone
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World
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8/3/2021 6:54:10 PM
Firefighters on Tuesday were still tackling nine fires in the coastal provinces of Antalya and Mugla that are popular tourist destinations
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World
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International
8/1/2021 9:51:02 PM
Nearly 300 firefighters, two water bomber planes and five helicopters were battling a forest fire in Greece on Sunday that destroyed homes and farm buildings and injured eight people, authorities said
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Egypt
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Politics
7/31/2021 6:54:20 PM
Firefighters have been battling blazes since Wednesday after the evacuation of dozens of villages and some hotels
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