“It was hell”: Greece wildfire drone video shows devastation through Athens suburbs

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  • Опубліковано 25 жов 2024
  • A charred landscape and burnt properties was what many Greek residents of Rapentosa, Varnavas and Vrilissia returned to on Tuesday. Flames had reached the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday afternoon, prompting Greek authorities to issue a chain of evacuation orders in the country’s worst wildfire of the year.
    “It was hell. The fire started from very high up and it came all the way down to the village. It was running at great speed, it was very windy, there was panic, there were sirens, a lot of people, Police, people crying, screaming, shouting. And it reached and burned all the way down to Athens,” Varnavas resident Mina Katsiki recounted.
    For sculptor Vangelis Ilias in Vrilissia, who was returning from holiday when he learned that a wildfire was suddenly approaching his workshop, he was shocked as he never thought wildfires would reach so close. "Life has shown me many times that this is the way to go: I fall and then I rise again," he said.
    Greece's worst wildfire of the year eased on Tuesday, after it burned for three days, thanks to weaker winds, pausing progress of a destructive blaze that killed one person and torched cars, buildings, fields and forests.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 52

  • @QHawk7
    @QHawk7 2 місяці тому +15

    *I'm Muslim Arab and I wish safety for our Christian friends in Greece* 😢
    Sorry for your loss.
    May Allah protect you and guide you to the right path.
    Be safe.

    • @bobbieleland7687
      @bobbieleland7687 2 місяці тому +3

      Jesus is the messiah

    • @CookChad
      @CookChad 2 місяці тому

      @@bobbieleland7687 jesus was for christians and allah = god in arab you dont even know the difference and you spread hate.

    • @tonks78
      @tonks78 2 місяці тому

      🙏🙏🙏♥️

  • @ocaska
    @ocaska 2 місяці тому +10

    Don't know who translated this, but the last guy is saying something totally different. He's saying: "They called me and they told me that the workshop is burning. Basically they told me there was a (fire?) and soon after they they told me the workshop is burning."

    • @yannispetropoulos8502
      @yannispetropoulos8502 2 місяці тому +1

      Nice Greek. The translation is completely wrong.

    • @A.D.798
      @A.D.798 2 місяці тому

      I am glad I know greek..

  • @SLAYINGVR
    @SLAYINGVR 2 місяці тому +3

    Terrible, I hope these people recover quickly

  • @knoelle1357
    @knoelle1357 2 місяці тому +4

    Why are buildings burnt but not the trees and dry grass? 🤔
    Fires act different nowadays.

    • @yannispetropoulos8502
      @yannispetropoulos8502 2 місяці тому +2

      Let's pretend we didn't see that. "Nowdays" started in Paradise, California six years ago. We introduced to terms like "wildfire", "mega fire" and "climate change"... Melted cars next to unharmed trees. 😉🤫

  • @boblatkey7160
    @boblatkey7160 2 місяці тому +3

    I live in the foothills of Santa Barbara and years ago the county and local architects presented their awards for recent homes that were built with fire resistant architecture and landscaping. The following year a metal blade weedeater started a small fire in the foothills and then the wind began to howl at 70 mph with humidity as low as 5% and temperatures over 100°. My house, along with all of the award-winning fire resistant homes we're all gone in a matter of hours! The entire area looks like the moon.

  • @carolinesmith8024
    @carolinesmith8024 2 місяці тому +4

    😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏 sad dear God have mercy stop this

  • @ArabicReja973
    @ArabicReja973 2 місяці тому +3

    As of 2022, China 🇨🇳 was by far the world's largest *coal* consumer with 55% of energy use, an increase of 2% of the total energy from the year before.
    So China is accelerating the use of coal despite it having signed the Paris agreement.

    • @HuckThis1971
      @HuckThis1971 2 місяці тому +1

      And we pay a carbon tax. Approximately 40 million people in the second largest country land wise. We absorb way more than we emit!

    • @bobbieleland7687
      @bobbieleland7687 2 місяці тому

      They want us to cut back

  • @claudialarrea
    @claudialarrea 2 місяці тому

    Educación ambiental a adultos mayores, adultos y jóvenes al igual que estudiantes, todos debemos saber cómo contribuir a un mundo mejor

  • @suehall9666
    @suehall9666 2 місяці тому +2

    DEWS. Direct energy weapons.

  • @aohjii
    @aohjii 2 місяці тому

    why are there so many wildfires in the last few years? this has NEVER HAPPENED before

  • @erikahallschmid4715
    @erikahallschmid4715 2 місяці тому

    when are we going to accept how we have created global warming. I live on Vancouver island in Canada and we are like a powder keg here. no rain and crazy sudden winds. wouldn't take much for what happened in Greece to happen here
    and my condolences to the people of Greece who have gone through this

  • @signsofplay
    @signsofplay 2 місяці тому +5

    Lahaina 2.0

    • @HuckThis1971
      @HuckThis1971 2 місяці тому +3

      Da dew ron-ron-ron da dew ron-ron!!!

  • @Mao_tse_tung
    @Mao_tse_tung 2 місяці тому

    very selective fires here the last couple years

  • @Wok_Agenda
    @Wok_Agenda 2 місяці тому

    Meanwhile serres region was on fire for 28 days

  • @louisveerapen4589
    @louisveerapen4589 2 місяці тому +1

    Has mr Boris Johnson property destroyed?

  • @davidtheguitarman
    @davidtheguitarman 2 місяці тому

    Humanity has to stop fossil fuels and leave the earth alone. Climate change will get really scary in the next years, and we're all in this togheter.

  • @bobbieleland7687
    @bobbieleland7687 2 місяці тому +2

    Jesus is coming soon 😊

  • @TomdkRah
    @TomdkRah 2 місяці тому

    Stay with god, do all good, Be generous save animals and all. Take only what you essential, leave the forest free, God definitely help you. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Philip-x3d
    @Philip-x3d Місяць тому

    did they find THE ARSONISTS yet ? 🤔
    Just asking.

  • @risa_sh.youtube3244
    @risa_sh.youtube3244 2 місяці тому

    🙏🎯🌍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
    The world 🌍 has changed
    **Nam myoho rengekyo**
    🙏 Pray 🌍 peace 🕊️ be safe+
    _______//
    🙏🙏🙏

  • @georgechilidis8446
    @georgechilidis8446 2 місяці тому

    Why after two to three forest fires per year the Greek government never upgraded fire equipment like installation of fire hydrants near not not having the people using garden water hoses to safe their homes as we see in 💯s of UA-cam videos and NO fire trucks 🚒 and after 4-5 days where’s the prime minister Mitsotakis or the security minister 🇬🇷🖤❤️‍🩹🇬🇷

  • @KrisztianneToth-iz2qt
    @KrisztianneToth-iz2qt 2 місяці тому +3

    ***UTOLSÓ 7 ÉV ELKEZDŐDÖTT!!!!??***Kedves embertársak ideje elfogadni ÚR JÉZUS KRISZTUST MEGVÁLTÓNAK***ÁMEN

  • @IbnBahtuta
    @IbnBahtuta 2 місяці тому

    Has the plague of locusts' thingy happened yet?

  • @JOTIKAJEETKAURSINGHGODLORD
    @JOTIKAJEETKAURSINGHGODLORD 2 місяці тому

    Nothing😭

  • @aprilsmith3683
    @aprilsmith3683 2 місяці тому

    🇿🇦🚒🇬🇷

  • @Ws-wr6xt
    @Ws-wr6xt 2 місяці тому

    HAARP and chemitralis

  • @Spice1_
    @Spice1_ 2 місяці тому

    Climate changed

  • @ИльяЕгоров-ж5ю
    @ИльяЕгоров-ж5ю 2 місяці тому +1

    Афины в гиене огненной. Ведьмак оргий и разврата олимпийцев. Сиртаки им уже не по танцевать. Кара греческого огня настигла через года.