The Fire Took Everything
Angelos Tzortzinis, Freelancer for AFP, Greece
A local resident gestures as he holds an empty water hose during an attempt to extinguish forest fires approaching the village of Pefki on Evia (Euboea) island, Greece's second largest island, on August 8, 2021. Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately on August 8 to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee.
About 300,000 acres of forest were burnt in different parts of Greece this past summer, during the country worst heatwave in 30 years. Thousands of animals lost their lives.