Cyprus suffers worst forest fire in decades
By AFP
11 July 2021 |
11:43 am
A huge forest blaze in Cyprus has killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting planes to the Mediterranean island.
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