Chinese authorities have warned Tibetans not to share photos or videos of the fire on social media platforms or with contacts abroad, or face arrest, said the first source from inside Tibet.
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One year on from the historic wildfires that decimated the woodlands of Gironde in south-western France, the bark beetle is adding insult to injury. Bark beetle larvae usually feed off the sap of dead trees, but after the fires left so many trees weakened, it’s been a field day for the insect, which is now proliferating at an alarming rate. It’s now a race against time to save what can be saved – to evacuate dead or infected trees from the area, in the hope of protecting their neighbors.
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Translation by Bing:
More than 61 agroforestry fires broke out in the last 24 hours in the Greek territory, according to data from the Fire Brigade.
According to the Fire Brigade, 54 of them were treated immediately, at their initial stage, while the fire brigade is facing seven more.
The local investigation offices, as well as Units of the Arson Crimes Directorate (D.A.E.E.) are investigating the causes of the fires.
Finally, the Fire Brigade calls on all citizens to be particularly careful and in case of fire, for their own safety, to strictly follow the instructions of the competent authorities.
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His 10-member elite fire crew from the 1st Wildfire Special Operation Unit bristles with tools needed to hold back fires: chainsaws, specialised rakes, weather gauges, computer tablets and earth-scorching drip torches to burn wildfire barriers into the hillside.
This year, Greece is doubling the number of firefighters in specialised units to some 1,300, and adopting tactics from the United States to try and outflank fires with airborne units scrambled to build breaks in the predicted path of the flames.
LOGAS? Kicks? Both? Neither? IDK. 
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