Tunisia records 900 fires in 72-hour window during intense heatwave

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As many as 900 fire departures were recorded in 72 hours in Tunisia, which faces an overwhelming heat wave, told the AFP on Friday a senior civil protection official, stating that they had been extinguished but that two other major fires were still raging. "These are not just forest fires but bushes, crops, houses," said Khalil Mechri. The 900 fire departures were recorded over 72 hours between 20 and 22 July and were extinguished, he said witho…