Wildfires reach outskirts of Athens during scorching heatwave

[editor]

I've got a friend in Athens and she's having a terrible time with the heat and the smoke. It's their worst heatwave in 30 years and this looks terrifying:

Wildfires reach outskirts of Athens during scorching heatwave

Residents north of Greek capital evacuated, while 42C heat forces Acropolis to reduce opening hours

www.theguardian.com

Thousands evacuated from Athens suburb as fires rage amid worst heatwave in 30 years

More than 40 fires are burning across Greece, write Marina Rigou in Athens and Nikolia Apostolou in Kalamata

www.independent.co.uk

 

[cupid_stunt]

Sky News has been good at covering this, needless to say, it's the main item on 'The Daily Climate Show', on ATM & repeated at 9.30pm.

 

[zahir]

Report from Keep Talking Greece. It could have had a better headline.

“Houses will be rebuilt, the forest will recover in time,” says Greek PM on Varimpompi fire disaster (picts) - Keep Talking Greece

"The houses will be rebuilt, the forest will recover in time...," said PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a brief visit to the outskirts of Varimpompi fire

www.keeptalkinggreece.com

 

[zahir]

More reports

State offers free accommodation to citizens affected by Attica fire: latest info - Keep Talking Greece

Greek authorities call on citizens of Attica who cannot return to their homes due to the forest fire

www.keeptalkinggreece.com

Athens residents urged to stay inside due to heavy smog caused by forest fire - Keep Talking Greece

With an urgent warning the National Observatory of Athens called on residents of the Greek capital t

www.keeptalkinggreece.com

Rescue operation for hundreds of pets left behind when locals fled Attica forest fire - Keep Talking Greece

Hundreds of pets, dogs and cats but also small farming animals were left behind when thousands of lo

www.keeptalkinggreece.com

 

[zahir]

Fires on Evia as well

Dramatic forest fires in Rovies, Evia; big blaze nears Ancient Olympia (videos) - Keep Talking Greece

Forest fires Greece: Locals and tourists in Rovies, Evia were urged to rush to the sea on Wednesday

www.keeptalkinggreece.com

 

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The whole world is burning around us, we as a species become more powerless daily.
Athens holds a very dear space in my heart, i am devastated again to read of these fires.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Turkey still burning as well

 

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The above, although only up to April this year shows the devastation caused by constant wildfires. There are many more at the moment, their impact is obviously magnified due to the fires locations to areas of large human populations.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Centre of Athens right now…

 

[Flavour]

Fires in south of Italy too

 

[zahir]

Evacuation ordered for the town of Yithio in the southern Peloponnese

Man dies in Athens fire; More people evacuated are fire fronts raging in Greece - Keep Talking Greece

A 38-year-old man lost his life on Friday afternoon after he suffered serious head injuries while he

www.keeptalkinggreece.com

 

[zahir]

 

[miss direct]

The fires in Turkey are devastating. So much forest destroyed, animals killed, people being evacuated and losing their homes. It's heartbreaking and also leading to vigilante action

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

The fires in Turkey are devastating. So much forest destroyed, animals killed, people being evacuated and losing their homes. It's heartbreaking and also leading to vigilante action

just read about a family of 7 being killed before their house was burnt down by vigilantes
fucking erodgan not helping with his speeches ffs

 

[miss direct]

I didnt hear about that, unless its the family in Konya which was before the fires.

Friends of mine are sharing their own videos. So hard to report from Turkey, I trust what I see from them instead.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I didnt hear about that, unless its the family in Konya which was before the fires.

Friends of mine are sharing their own videos. So hard to report from Turkey, I trust what I see from them instead.

ah OK, the article I was reading didn't give a date for the attack.

 

[steeplejack]

Plenty of nasty wildfires too in Kocani in Eastern Macedonia although not as threatening as those to the south. A lot of wildlife and farmstock killed in this fire. This is quite a sobering article on how knuckle dragging conspiracy theorists sitting in malodorous tracksuit bottoms hundreds of kms away are making things worse on social media.

They say the Balkans will be largely uninhabitable in 80-100 years owing to being too hot, unless serious action is taken. My fear is that people become numb to these images amidst all the other images of suffering, shrug and quietly think "thank goodness that won't come here".

Terrifying images both sides of the Atlantic in the last couple of weeks, with recent wildfires in the US.

 

[zahir]

 

[Serge Forward]

Very upsetting. I lived in that part of Evvia in the early 90s and had mates there.

 

[zahir]

 

[Raheem]

Weirdly beautiful photos.

 

[brogdale]

kinnel

 

[zahir]

 

[miss direct]

I'm a little sad that the fires in Greece are getting so much coverage compared to those in Turkey, which have been going on for over a week. But it's difficult to report from Turkey and the news is being suppressed by the government there

 

[zahir]

I'm a little sad that the fires in Greece are getting so much coverage compared to those in Turkey, which have been going on for over a week. But it's difficult to report from Turkey and the news is being suppressed by the government there

There's some discussion here of attacks on journalists covering the fires in Greece and Turkey:



It looks like the attack in Athens was by a group of fascists:

Organized”mob” attacks Open TV crew covering devastating fires in NW Athens - Keep Talking Greece

A

www.keeptalkinggreece.com

 

[zahir]

A thread on the fires

 

[NoXion]

Why the fuck would anyone attack the media in this situation? To dissuade reporting? Well that's fucking stupid, don't they know that big wildfires can be seen from space? So even a total media blackout within the country (which they would never be able to achieve anyway) would not hide what's going on over there.

It's just such a spiteful and stupid waste of time and effort, during a national crisis no less! Unless these shitfucks actually want the country to burn? Arsonists by proxy.

 

[ska invita]

The fires in Turkey are devastating. So much forest destroyed, animals killed, people being evacuated and losing their homes. It's heartbreaking and also leading to vigilante action

what kind of vigilante action?

 

[ska invita]

Why the fuck would anyone attack the media in this situation? To dissuade reporting? Well that's fucking stupid, don't they know that big wildfires can be seen from space? So even a total media blackout within the country (which they would never be able to achieve anyway) would not hide what's going on over there.

It's just such a spiteful and stupid waste of time and effort, during a national crisis no less! Unless these shitfucks actually want the country to burn? Arsonists by proxy.

general neofascist anti-media attacks id expect - not relating to the fires, more about journalists out in public
??

 

[NoXion]

general neofascist anti-media attacks id expect - not relating to the fires, more about journalists out in public
??

Are they the patriotic sort? Thugging while Greece burns...