Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.

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      Slash and burn farming is a common land clearing technique there ahead of the rainy season. It’s the right time of year, but I dont know if that’s what it is for sure. The current major conflict in the DRC is on the Eastern side, so I don’t think it’s that.

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      probably false positives. there’s also fires detected in industrial areas in germany for example, pretty much exactly where the exhaust towers are

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        “Sir, the system shows the entirety of the largest continent on Earth is on fire?”

        “Oh, yeah, it does that.”

        Just seems less than ideal.