Someone directed me to the dailysceptic.org website, where they are having a lot of fun "fact checking" the BBCs hysterical weather coverage:
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/07/27/feverish-bbc-reporting-on-european-heatwaves-debunked-by-actual-temperature-readings/
Most of the grass fires around here are started deliberately. It keeps the weeds under control by consuming a lot of the seeds and removes much of the roadside litter. I suspect that in Greece, there may also be an element of cleansing the tourists by some of the disaffected locals.