Greek police arrest dozens for arson as EU’s largest-ever wildfires rage
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By Eleni Giokos, Xiaofei Xu and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Greek authorities have arrested dozens of people on arson-related charges as deadly wildfires – the largest ever recorded in the European Union – rage across the country.
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A forest blaze in Greece is "the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU" and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday.
By Eleni Giokos, Xiaofei Xu and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Greek authorities have arrested dozens of people on arson-related charges as deadly wildfires – the largest ever recorded in the European Union – rage across the country.
A forest blaze in Greece is "the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU" and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday.
After burning across vast tracts of land, the blaze in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region is mainly concentrated deep in a forest near the border with Turkey, in an area difficult to access.
Wildfires burning in northeastern Greece for the 11th consecutive day are now the largest that the European Forest Fire Information System has on record.
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