THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A large forest fire that broke out at a
remote monastic community where women have not been allowed for a
thousand years spread Thursday to a nearby resort area, forcing the
evacuation of a seaside vacation village and sending up a thick pall of
smoke over the area.
The article also says:
It was not clear how the fire started Wednesday on the Mount Athos
peninsula, a World Heritage site and self-ruled community of Orthodox
monks that bans women — and even female animals — from entering.
When you have rules like that, stuff just bursts into flames. It's basic physics.
