Fire Fighters Fight British Global Warming In Greece | Anorak News

FIRE FIGHTERS have been to Greece to learn to tackle bush fires - because of fears over global warming.

A team of 40 firefighters from around the UK were sent on a two-week, £473-a-head camp-site trip to the village of Rizomata - where temperatures hit a record 44C in the summer, says the Manchester Evening News.

The jaunt was organised after a report said climate change could lead to severe grassland and forest fires in the UK.

One firefighter later described the trip as a “waste of money”.

Admittedly not as attractive as a Greek camp site, but any fire brigade with a Pennine moorland stretch in its area could have hosted a bigger, a better, and brighter bash for a work-experience trip.