"unscrupulous land developers or animal farmers seeking to expand their grazing land"
Yeah, and of course, once you set a fire it's reeeeeaaaaal easy to control.
Here is who we blame here (and who really started the fires):
Feds Started the California Fires
Have you ever seen a tree like this?
A firefighter doused a burning tree yesterday at Nea Makri, north of Athens, where a nearby convent was evacuated. (Nikolas Giakoumidis/ Associated Press)
"In epic battle, international crews stop advance of Greek wildfires; Threat to Athens eased, but other blazes still burn" by Nicholas Paphitis, Associated Press | August 25, 2009
ATHENS - A massive wildfire that destroyed homes and forests receded yesterday as a multinational airborne effort beat back flames that at one point threatened the northern suburbs of Athens and raged near the ancient battleground at Marathon.
As winds died down, Greek Fire Brigade spokesman Yiannis Kappakis said there were “no significant active fronts’’ left of the fire, which for days has sent a pall of smoke over the capital....
Specialists warned it would take generations to replace the lost forests, many of which were burnt beyond the hope of natural regrowth....
Oh, that.... I know it's not human life, or animal life, but oh! Oh!! This.... I.... I'm speechless.
Other major fires still burned near the coastal town of Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, and near villages on the Evia island, east of the capital....
Not over yet, huh?
Officials have not said what started the fires. Hundreds of forest blazes plague Greece every summer and some are sparked intentionally - often by the unscrupulous land developers or animal farmers seeking to expand their grazing land....
If that's true then there is no limit to the evil in this world.
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