No one is arguing climate change starts wildfires. Just that it can turbo-charge heatwaves that create the conditions which favour them.
I'm standing watching a helicopter scoop water out of the Ionian Sea and dump it onto flames being blown down the steep slopes of northeast Corfu towards a school and villas below.
Its bucket can carry several tonnes of water and while it might protect the buildings for now, force 7 winds forecast soon are likely to give the fire the upper hand. Watching with me is the local deputy mayor for tourism Haris Yiotis. He's worried that if the fires aren't out by then homes and crucial infrastructure on the island will be lost."I will class it as the fire of the century for Corfu."
As if to drive that point home, a little way up the road 100-year-old olive trees are burning from the inside.
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