Greece wildfires reach Athens as thousands are evacuated | BBC News
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Thousands of residents have been evacuated from their homes as large wildfires reach the suburbs of Athens, with some flames leaping as high as 25m (80ft).
Homes and properties in nearby towns such as Varnavas as well as northeastern parts of the Greek capital are on fire, including a school in Nea Penteli.
With the sun setting, aircraft working to extinguish the flames have been forced to land, making it a ground operation overnight.
Residents are complaining there are not enough fire trucks and firefighters to help, as Greek authorities request international assistance.
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the last 4 years every wildfire happened in greece was done by the greek goverment, the law says that every burnt forest and mountains need to be reforestate immediately instead the goverment illegally is putting everywhere wind turbines. Just like the prime minister said inside the greek parliament "we need to put them somewhere"(wind turbines).
It's not caused from climate change, it's caused by annual tradition.
Being Greek i know better. You call it wildfires we call it planning permission.
If you look back just a decade in all the forested areas around Greek cities that have had wildfires, what is in the place of those burned forests? Is it new forest? No, it's villas, roads, swimming pools ect.
Do i need to say any more?
You forgot the german made windmills for "clean" electricity
But climate change is drying up the vegetation and the soil, plus increasing the average temperature and heatwaves, which makes it indeed worse. If not more frequent, at least harder to control.
Thank you for explaining it to us. Journalists need to do proper investigative journalism and tell us exactly what is going on.
Well said, I back you up on that
@@mayatara1980 Something that our government and German NGOs take advantage of unfortunately, we can acknowledge the fact that global temperatures are increasing while also speaking about the corruption involved in starting the fires.
Zero planning. Zero help. Thank you Mr Mitsotakis.
Λέγε βλακείες.
Don’t blame the Prime Minister when the people do nothing for many years malaka
I can't believe im this situation they don't send more help..one helicopter to do what ..😢in this situation country should be more united 😤
Praying for the people of Greece right now.
❤God help our Greek🇬🇷 neighbors from Turkiye 🇹🇷we will help with what we have
every summer we have huge fires (for decades now)and every summer we are unprepared...that shows everything you need to know about the government's way of thinking as well as it's citizens lack of political responsibility
all the wild animals have to suffer because of our stupid species. 😢
Uhm... did I miss the part that said the fire was started by someone? Climate change doesn't make dry grass, or dead trees to spontaneously lite on fire.
I'm so sorry this is happening. Athens is so beautiful!
My best wishes for those affected.
Making way for more housing developments
This has been happening in Greece for decades. It's about time the authorities started doing some effective forest management, instead of just whining about climate change 🙄
I JUST FEEL SORRY FOR WILDLIFE
Arsdip
World Population:
In 1970 4 Billion People
In 2024 8 Billion People
We are depleting Our Planet resources...
Only metals etc food is fine
@@bonysminiatures3123food is the greatest concern
@@bonysminiatures3123 Food is fine?
@@nooux1966 foood resources are fine there is so much food waste it could feeed the world twice over
@@bonysminiatures3123 The education system must be in shambles.
Greece fires are so hard to put out.
I see what you did there 😂
Yes. The incompetence of the officials doesn't help.
This fire has been burning for 33hrs the help from other countries is still another 12 hours away. With one extra helicopter and 75 extra firefighters after 45 hours what difference will it make, thank you EU.
France sending 1 helicopter, 180 firefighters and 55 vehicles, Italy sending 2 plane, Czech Republic sending 75 firefighters and 25 vehicles. Spain and Türkiye are also expected they are sending help.
Νάσια να είσαι υγιής, θέλω να είσαι δυνατή, δεν με νοιάζει ο εαυτός μου, αυτό που με νοιάζει είσαι εσύ και η κόρη μου.
The world still haven't learn anything from back in 2022 because that was the worst heatwaves as the temperatures went up has cause a lot of wildfire, drought and deaths. If the people of the world have just take this climate change very seriously and do something about it then maybe the year wouldn't have gotten worst.
How do high temps cause wildfires? They have to be set, first.
Well in June fires was caused by fireworks shot from a yacht, which caused Forrest fires and 13 people were arrested. Not everything is climate change!
@@LL-LLLL9 Not all the times and do you think it's called a wildfire🔥.
Unfortunately, Greece has been left to its fate😢
It’s always been hot. Get over it. 😤
Greece is a liability
Σταματα να γραφεις την ιδια μαλακια ολην την ωρα. Μοια μοιρα ρε κακομοιρη? Οι 800 πυροσβεστες δεν μετρανε?
yeah, the fate of Davos and the WEF
@@Isclachau Let us Greek citizens who live in Greece and are more aware of the situation, it has always been hot, but it has never been like this with fires, and also the heat has never reached 46 degrees before 5 and 6 years..
International help is needed!
Considering most of these wildfires occur every year and near the coast, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to create fire breakers and have an army of helicopters dumping sea water 12 hours per day than all this dévastation?
The greek government would rather sit and watch tv than do a humane impactful action. Useless
It is devastating, but from ashes new life can sprout. If you dump saline water to put out the fires, all that land will be unable to grow plants from then on. That's why it is always done with fresh water.
Greece is like this every summer. We used to visit all the time and more times than not we had days where the sun was blotted out by fires. Once we had to stand in the sea with towels over our head. That was decades ago.
Only came hear to hear BBC claim it was climate change to blame.
Back then it was still called 'global warming' until we had a few record shattering cold winters so they changed it to "climate change"...uhhhhh ohhhh kayyyy.
It’s true it’s not now , I remember since 2000
This wasn't happening 20+ years ago. It is not every year. Yes, there are spot fires but historically never been so large and regular. You are using confirmation bias to deny anthropogenic global warming. Tthe obvious conclusion is that you don't want people to know what is going on. That is messed up.
I guess your anecdotal comment cancels out all the measurable data showing wildfires increasing in intensity and frequency because of longer and more intense droughts.
Very bad organization from the goverment, very bad ! 20.000.000 gave to ai programe to protect the forest and was really not good at alll.
Thank you Greek government. Thank you EU. Thank you for the absolute NOTHING.
I'll wait for the BBC to publish a correction statement like last year in a tiny corner of their website to confirm the fires weren't climate change related.
There will be no relief from the high temperatures in Cyprus of over 40C through early September, according to the Climate Watch body of the German Meteorological Service (DWD).
According to the DWD on Tuesday, heatwaves and extreme temperatures will continue for the rest of August and into the first week of September throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.
This might sound crazy but I think cloud seeding rain might be the only thing that can allow the trees and grass to survive another 300 years at least.
God bless and save your land and people
ARSONISTS
Same problem 2 years ago. People became the fire department. That lady is 91 years old. At least they have a helicopter now.
It's not wildfires. It's arsonisms.
😢😢😢😢😢😢
For those right-wing politicians who say "climate change is not a thing"...
Έχεις πλήρη άγνοια.Οι φωτιές στην Ελλάδα είναι κατά 90% εμπρησμοί.
We say man made climate change isn’t a real thing. Big difference.
It's almost like, ALMOST LIKE this hasn't been happening for centuries!
Swear to god if you were alive just before Pompeii was turned to ash you'd blame that on climate change too.
@ericgenestvideoclips
il y a 0 seconde
They're just saying "fuck it, we can't do nothing about it" and they're right. Meanwhile, the left says "let's get into everybody's lives and annoy them with non-sense mandates and things like that"
Climate has always changed. But we say it isn’t man made! Big difference.
Praying for Greece!
Lord have mercy 🙏🏽☦️🇬🇷
Those deliberately lighting them should be found and arrested
why is the uk sending people and money here, let the EU spend the money. UK needs to concentrate on its own country.
Wish you get well soon from Turkey. But i've some suspect about the issue..its happen every years, same scenario..i don't know man..
May the lord have mercy 🙏
i really dont think so
I would love to leave constructive comments unfortunately this medium will not allow me to say some unconfutable facts.
bbc lighted biggest torch after olympics closing ceremony
A warning from nature
We still dont have staimer ... Youre home is in bigger danger ...
Climate Change! 😂😂😂
Arsons
May the powerful hand of Jehovah God ease the outbreak of fire in the land of Greece in jest Christ name
Will the USA and NATO fight wildfires in Greece?
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How many Canadairs does Greece have?
Specifically, Greece has a total of 32 aircraft, out of which 10 are Canadair CL-215 and CL-415.
26 Jun 2024..
You can see these fighting fires on U Tube..
Fuel
Weather
Topography
The three variables that decide what a wildland/brushfire/bushfire will do and where it will go.
Oh to go back
Got to keep that "climate change" grift going. #climategrift
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When are these people gonna learn that you can't put out a Grease fire with water! 🙃
Please stand still Greece
😭
I really feel sorry for Oliver. Those people who is fighting with this ugly fire, but there is some more reason because in gaza killing innocent people included kids, woman, and many others only One reason because they are Muslim and telling them they are terrorist so God knows everything was going on and was don’t this type of suffer. Going to see maybe worse God is not just with you with everybody but my believe doing something wrong has come back wrong. I hope this session innocent people DON don’t have to fight or dying, leaving as homeless. God bless everybody.😢😢😢
THE Russians used to Fly in and help with the fires ....
They were paid
When was that?
@@perseusarkouda yes but EU Cant provide that huge airfirefighters
Don't bite the hand that feeds you 😂
@@StealthEagle9 So should we leave EU, ignore Russia's war crimes and be friends again?
That's the room tax going up to 20 euros a night next year.
Is the cost of your holiday next year your VERY first and ONLY thought?
What an awful, selfish person you must be.
@@royferguson2297 That's all you can worry about, oh dear 🙄
Can we afford to help or have we sent all our budget to Ukraine?
Se finalmente l'Uomo riconoscesse di essere polvere probabilmente comincerebbe a guardare al Cielo in atteggiamento di adorazione. Purtroppo gli Uomini sono convinti di essere padroni della loro vita e del loro futuro, e per questo motivo si chiudono all'amore del Padre: scelgono dunque di morire. Peggio per loro.
How do you think about this BBC'S new?
Greeks pay some taxes and then you could afford a fire sevice.
Shut up you racist piece of shit
fires are bcs of climate what ???
Greek,translate,魚冷，味錯覺，海呼，逮波士頓，雀喜兒
Too bad they do not have a genius like Donnie! They would have known to rake the forests! This action would compensate for global warming.
Maybe Greece should spend some of the money Israel has been paying them for practice air attacks on fighting the fires and doing for forestry management?
The BBC will report on NOTHING British
Climate change... 😂😂😂😂😂 sure
Oh no! Are these the consequences of our own actions? Only getting away from fossil fuels will help...
Did someone say grease fire?😅
Greeks also create the fire unfortunately
Just because some do it(which is not even certain) it doesnt mena we all do it. This is a gross over generalization
vote climate protection!
Boycott all Chinese and Indian goods first ... Per capita then the world's top polluters.
Protection from A'R-SON IS 'TS, more like.
😂🎉
Just like the old days...nothing new
I'm Greek and I can assure we never had fires of that magnitude of the last few years
Yeah the scientifically proven human caused climate change is a classic.
@@perseusarkoudaΞέχασες μάλλον τι έγινε στο Μάτι..
@@perseusarkouda worse happened back before the world war 2
@@suzanne7612 Το Μάτι ήταν το 2018 και όχι το 1988.
Any news on Labour Party collapse BBC. Something is happening……..
they need to have cap against tourist. This fire is mostly caused by tourist. Its always the same story with those european going on holiday to greece. This fire is not just coming from out where suddenly. This says a lot of their behaviour of those people who visite greece. Its always the same story with those tourist
Last time it was a Greek teenager. Unless people are camping they wouldn’t need to light a fire.
Get ready United Kingdom more visitors to come now 😂
Now they will have to work 7 days a week to restore the country. 😝😆😄
funny??
Shame on you
When the brain doesn’t exist…
What a waste of oxygen you are
Don't cry for Greece hater we'll recover get a f life
BE NOT DECEIVED
GOD IS NOT MOCKED
THERE'S FOR YOUR OLYMPICS
Jehovah is judge
Just invite them all over here...
What have you done to prevent this. You need to learn from other country how to make your land moist with water. You need to see the pany Foundation from India
Look for : StopTheCrime by Deborah Tavares…..😉
Free Palestine
Fuck that place, free Greece from fires
My second Tier does not care
😂 the origin ones aren't happy and feel neglected. 🤣♟️✌️