US EditionGeorgian Woman ‘Who Dropped a Cigarette’ Held over Greek Fires
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Greek island burns after cigarette spark
It took one cigarette, one spark, and it was dropped on a dry June morning. On June 23rd, flames were tearing across the Greek island of hills, forcing evacuations from 20 villages and blackening thousands of acres of farmland, pine forest and protected cultural zones. For three days, more than 445 firefighters fought to contain the fire, battling it with aircraft and ground crews. Source
A woman of Georgian nationality accused of causing unintended fires on one of the several vegetation fires on the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea will appear before the court to respond to the charges, writes The Guardian.
Irish Independent
World NewsGeorgian woman ‘who dropped a cigarette’ held over Greek fires
Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of several wildfires razing land and threatening homes on the island of Chios.
A housekeeper of Georgian origin is prosecuted in Greece after throwing her cigarette butt into the wild, causing a major fire on the island of Chios.
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