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Dispatches International
A DAY AT THE BEACH
Beachgoers on the French Riviera regard a nearby wildfire.
More than 4,000 firefighters and military personnel had been
mobilized to combat wildfires in France.
Devil of a Summer
Across Europe, a busy and deadly wildfire season
By Angelo Verzoni
Fueled by wind, dry conditions, and a
heat wave named after the Devil, wildfires roared through Portugal, France,
Italy, and other parts of Europe in July
and August, a time when the area's
sun-drenched beaches and picturesque
coastal hills are packed with visitors.
Thousands were evacuated as
the blazes grew and spread. In
Bormes-les-Mimosas on the French
Riviera, photos show beachgoers captivated by the menacing plumes of smoke
and red-orange glow capping the trees
in the distance. More than 4,000 firefighters and troops with over a dozen
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firefighting aircraft were mobilized to
fight the France fires, according to The
Guardian, and over two dozen firefighters and police officers were injured or
affected by smoke inhalation.
In Italy, fire and smoke covered Mount
Vesuvius and its surrounding areas,
claiming two civilian lives. The smoke
rising from Vesuvius was so thick that it
initially prompted fears that the active
volcano, which famously erupted and
decimated the city of Pompeii in 79 C.E.,
had blown once again. According to Italian media reports, the mafia has been
suspected of starting at least some of
the fires, after burned cat corpses were
discovered near where the blazes originated; the mafia has previously used
animals doused in gasoline to start fires,
the reports state. These weren't the only
Italian wildfires to generate controversy
in recent months. In August, a band
of 15 volunteer firefighters admitted
to setting a series of wildfires in Sicily
between 2013 and 2015 so they could
get paid to put them out.
The Continent has been gripped by
a summer heat wave dubbed "Lucifer,"
which sent temperatures soaring above
105 degrees F in some areas. In June,
more than 60 people died in a wildfire
that swept through central Portugal,
and as of August, wildfires continued to
burn there. On August 17, government
officials there took the rare step of
declaring a "state of public calamity,"
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