2007 Greek Forest Fires

The location of the natural disaster that I have chosen is Southern Greece (The Peloponnese) and Southern Evia (second largest island in Greece). These wild fires occurred in August, September, 2007, destroying 2,700 square kilometres of forest, olive groves and farmland, with the loss of 84 lives. The fire destroyed over 2000 buildings, 1000 of which were homes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Greek_forest_fires

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/greek-police-charge-seven-over-fires/2007/08/28/1188067073578.html

 http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/greece-begs-for-help-to-fight-killer-forest-fires/2007/08/25/1187462593594.html