Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Greece Battles Unchecked Wildfires for Fourth Day

I found this article from the VOA news website. But the link was changed and the article is not exist now. And here is a related article called "Firefighters Continue Battle Against Greek Wildfires for Fifth Day". It is about the wildfires in Greece. It has been burning for 5 days. At least 63 people died from the wildfires. Thousands of hectares of forests were burned by the fires. 7 people were arrested on a charge of arson. Police also offered 1.4 million as a reward for finding more arson suspects. Some officials thought some land developers did it to clearing the land for development. Also, some Athens newspapers argued that the government was incompetent in fighting the fires and there will have parliamentary elections on September 16.

It is a very bad event for not only Greeks but also all of the people in the world. When I saw this news, the first thought came to mind was "global warming". Because lots of trees were burned by the fires which means we have fewer trees in the Earth now. Moreover, when trees were burning, a lot of C02 were produced and went to the atmosphere. It will let global warming become worse. And it is not a accidental event. Some people did it on purpose. But no matter what they wanna get they can not do things like this, because it will damage all the world and nobody will win. In addition, I also worried about the historical remains, like the ancient ruins of Olympia. Fortunately, as I know, there's no damage about the ancient ruins of Olympia.

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