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Forest Fires Torch Greek Olive Groves

Source: The Olive Oil Source
August 31, 2007

A week of forest fires has killed 64 people and burned at least 454,000 acres of forest and olive groves in the Peloponnese. While not affecting the global market for oil, the fires are a tragedy for the small farmers in the area.