An example for you: If it is 12 A.M in Eastern Standard Time, then it will be 5 A.M in Greenwich Mean Time. During the summer months, the time change results in a four hour difference between the two since the Eastern zone moves an hour forward in the spring.
The Great Black Dragon Fire -- 18 million acres. In 1987 the Great Black Dragon Fire burned three million acres in Northern China and 15 million acres in Siberia, making it the world's largest forest fire in recorded history.
Sunbathers stare in awe at one of the huge forest blazes which have swept across Portugal, Spain and France. 1  The blaze that threatened to overtake France's second biggest city, Marseilles, has been contained. 2  One civilian and three firefighters perished in fires, and 3,000 hectares of land were destroyed.