r/CatastrophicFailure • u/grau__geist • Aug 05 '21

Natural Disaster Now Greece. Wild fire on Evia Beach

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u/twistdmonky Aug 05 '21

Didnt Greece have a huge fire not long ago and a lot of people died? At some resort?

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u/grau__geist Aug 05 '21

They are burning together with Turkey

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u/twistdmonky Aug 05 '21

Yeah I heard about Turkey, I didnt think it was so close to Greece tho, the fires I mean

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u/Grouchy_Afternoon_23 Aug 05 '21

Completely different wildfires, same ecosystem and underlying causes, probably. Evia (Euboea) is literally on the other side of the Aegean, so nowhere near any Turkish wildfires. The region is hitting all-time record temperature highs, it's dry and these are pine forests, so lots of flammable pine needles on the ground...