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8/11/2021 8:15:05 PM
The spread of the blazes has been largely halted, officials said, but fronts still burned on the large island of Evia and in Greece's southern Peloponnese region, where several homes were on fire, according to state ERT TV
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8/11/2021 5:03:21 PM
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said his North African nation would enter a three-day period of mourning starting Thursday that would include suspending all government activity except for actions of solidarity.
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8/11/2021 10:59:53 AM
Heavy smoke reduced visibility on the fire's west end while the east end saw renewed action as afternoon winds took hold, fire officials said
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8/11/2021 10:24:16 AM
A 92-year-old woman living in the Kabyle mountain village of Ait Saada said the scene Monday night looked like ``the end of the world''
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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 9:46:00 PM
Algeria is the latest Mediterranean country to be hit by wildfires, after blazes hit Greece, Turkey and
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8/10/2021 5:38:09 PM
Fanned by extremely hot and dry weather, dozens of fires have been reported in 14 Algerian districts, killing at least seven and injuring two
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8/9/2021 5:38:17 PM
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8/9/2021 5:29:34 PM
But scientists also eased back a bit on the likelihood of the absolute worst climate catastrophes
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8/9/2021 1:12:03 PM
The Lebanese Army General Command said that its units manged to put out wildfires that consumed about 810 feddans in various parts across Lebanon
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8/8/2021 9:30:40 PM
Over the weekend it surpassed the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire to make it the second-worst fire in state history, the authorities said
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8/8/2021 4:51:35 PM
A dozen villages in northeastern Siberia's Sakha-Yakutia republic were threatened by the fires, according to the regional task force dealing with the emergency
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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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8/7/2021 8:30:02 PM
The Dixie Fire that incinerated much of the gold rush-era town of Greenville has destroyed 268 homes and other structures and is threatening nearly 14,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada
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8/7/2021 1:45:00 PM
Wildfires in Russia's vast Siberia region endangered several villages Saturday and prompted authorities to evacuate residents of some areas
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8/5/2021 10:15:19 PM
The causes of the Greek wildfires were unclear, but authorities say human error and carelessness are most frequently to blame
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8/5/2021 7:06:50 PM
Turkey's worst wildfires in decades have raged for nine days amid scorching heat, low humidity and constantly shifting strong winds
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8/5/2021 5:11:07 PM
It wasn’t immediately known how many buildings were lost, but photos and video from the scene indicate the destruction was widespread
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Egypt
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8/5/2021 11:13:27 AM
Many villages were ordered evacuated as more than 150 wildfires have been raging in different areas of the country
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8/4/2021 6:54:39 PM
More than 180 wildfires have scorched huge swathes of forest and killed eight people since breaking out east of the Mediterranean vacation hotspot Antalya last Wednesday and then spreading west
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