July 20, 2022
Greece – Horrible Scenes helpless Fire Fighters of Huge Forest Fire from Pentelli, Greece.
In Greece, firefighters were tackling a blaze on Mount Penteli, to the north-east of the capital Athens.
In the nearby town of Pallini, state electricity workers were scrambling to remove burnt pylons, the BBC’s Kostas Koukoumakas reports.
Takis Panagopoulos, 87, woke up at 03:00 (00:00 GMT) to a red sky. “The fire surrounded the house and I managed to leave the area by car,” he said.
Mr Panagopoulos, who was for many years an amateur actor, said his house could be rebuilt but his collection of more than 1,200 theatre books had been turned to ashes.
The wildfire is now blazing in two fronts, said the Fire Brigade.
Residents in the areas of Anthoussa have been instructed to evacuate towards the area of Gerakas, while residents in the areas of Dioni and Dassamari have been told to evacuate towards Palini, via 112 emergency text alerts.
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