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The Greek wildfires may be a poor example here, as arson is suspected: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/corfu-wildfires-greece-rhodes-b2381320.ht

The Greek wildfires may be a poor example here, as arson is suspected: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/corfu-wildfires-greece-rhodes-b2381320.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/corfu-wildfi... . It's too early to ascribe a cause.

ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
From that article: > However once ignited, wildfires are being driven to larger and more intense extremes due to rising global heat and drought conditions caused by the climate crisis.
anigbrowl 3y ago
Arson is always 'suspected'. You can't burn an entire forest if it isn't already catastrophically dried out.
SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
That's a very bad take, as it covers only fires in Corfu specifically (and that see other replies regarding that), but not the extreme heat in general over Greece, Italy ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/25/italy-wildfires-palermo-temperatures-sicily-airport-heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/25/italy-wildfire... ) and most of the rest of Europe, and the other fires in other parts of Greece, e.g. Rhodes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66297476 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66297476 , Evia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/24/greece-wildfires-corfu-evia-rhodes-heatwave-northern-hemisphere-extreme-weather-temperatures-europe https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/24/greece-wildfir... etc. Reducing Europe's summer 2023 to "The Greek wildfires" - fires plural - and then to "some arson on Corfu" is ridiculous minimisation.
- EgregiousCube 3y ago
  I don't intend to reduce Europe's summer to Greek wildfires, in fact quite the opposite, I want to point out that they are a bad example because their causes are still being investigated. Rhodes's firefighters also suspect arson ( https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/26/wildfires-arson-greece/ https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/26/wildfires-arson-greece/ ) and arrests have been made on Kefalonia ( https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/25/kefalonia-two-arrests-for-the-fire/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/25/kefalonia-two-arrests-... ).

ndsipa_pomu 3y ago

From that article: > However once ignited, wildfires are being driven to larger and more intense extremes due to rising global heat and drought conditions caused by the climate crisis.

anigbrowl 3y ago

Arson is always 'suspected'. You can't burn an entire forest if it isn't already catastrophically dried out.

SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago

That's a very bad take, as it covers only fires in Corfu specifically (and that see other replies regarding that), but not the extreme heat in general over Greece, Italy ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/25/italy-wildfires-palermo-temperatures-sicily-airport-heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/25/italy-wildfire... ) and most of the rest of Europe, and the other fires in other parts of Greece, e.g. Rhodes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66297476 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66297476 , Evia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/24/greece-wildfires-corfu-evia-rhodes-heatwave-northern-hemisphere-extreme-weather-temperatures-europe https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/24/greece-wildfir... etc. Reducing Europe's summer 2023 to "The Greek wildfires" - fires plural - and then to "some arson on Corfu" is ridiculous minimisation.

EgregiousCube 3y ago
I don't intend to reduce Europe's summer to Greek wildfires, in fact quite the opposite, I want to point out that they are a bad example because their causes are still being investigated. Rhodes's firefighters also suspect arson ( https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/26/wildfires-arson-greece/ https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/26/wildfires-arson-greece/ ) and arrests have been made on Kefalonia ( https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/25/kefalonia-two-arrests-for-the-fire/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/25/kefalonia-two-arrests-... ).