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submitted 1 year ago by Kittybeer@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country.

"We are having a very difficult three-day spell, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with extreme weather conditions and very high temperatures followed by strong winds," the minister said, adding that after a short respite, another heatwave was forecast from the middle of next week.

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[-] Bael422@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Makes sense. Greece fires are hard to put out. Have they tried baking soda?

[-] lntl@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Keep doing your thing everybody... Don't worry, electric cars are going to save us

[-] aggelalex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's pretty much because policemen are not good at putting out fires.

[-] Magiwarriorx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can you elaborate on this?

this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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