Anger after yacht fireworks spark blaze

Fireworks launched from a yacht in Greece sparked a forest fireplace on the island of Hydra on Friday, the native firefighting authority has mentioned.

The blaze, which is now underneath management, burnt the one pine forest on the vacationer island, and a helicopter was wanted to douse the flames, the authority wrote on Fb.

The reason for the hearth has prompted outrage in Greece, which is already battling a number of wildfires and is within the grip of its first heatwave of the 12 months.

“We’re indignant that some individuals so irresponsibly throw fireworks right into a pine forest,” Hydra’s mayor, Giorgos Koukoudakis, advised Greek…