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Most fires in Greece were started ‘by human hand’, government says

Most fires in Greece were started ‘by human hand’, government says

Official blames arsonists for the majority of 667 blazes that have spread in the extreme weather

Most of the 667 fires that have erupted across Greece in recent weeks were started “by human hand”, the country’s senior climate crisis official has said.

As the Mediterranean country emerges from an unprecedented, 15-day period of heatwave-induced infernos, the scale of the destruction is finally being laid bare.

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