when i turned away, thought it would bend down and i couldn t watch it, it was about 400 and 500 metres away from our ranch, the only reason it stayed that far away is because a local farmer welded stayed that far away is because a localfarmer welded big stayed that far away is because a local farmer welded big teeth to his tractor blade and turfed all of the fields up around the back of our farm, could see a complete line when the fire stopped. he is a special quy- the fire stopped. he is a special i u . ., ~ the fire stopped. he is a special guy. talk to us about the landscape therefore people guy. talk to us about the landscape therefore people watching - guy. talk to us about the landscape therefore people watching who - guy. talk to us about the landscape | therefore people watching who have not been to rhodes. what is the picture? why is this by able to spread so quickly? it is picture? why is this by able to spread so quickly? picture? why is this by able to spread so quickl
fires there triggered explosions at an air force ammunition depot on thursday. authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. 0ur correspondent bethany bell has been giving us the latest from rhodes. we have been told that around 50 fires, new fires have broken out, and although this situation is improving in general, firefighters, quite a large crew of firefighters is still hard at work here on rhodes, and also on corfu and the peloponnese, tackling these places, some of them new fires, some of them flare ups of old fires, because you have to imagine that the ground is still smouldering in many places in these forest areas. it doesn t take much for a spark to fly in these very windy conditions that we have been seeing over the last few days, and set off new blazes. people here still very much on high alert but also beginning to count the cost of the fires that have ravaged parts of this island. we have been told that 50,000 olive tr
crazy. the main point i d like to get across is that it was the local people of this island who saved all of the tourists from hotels, evacuating tens and thousands of people from the village in a matter of hours. the guys on the front line fighting the fire, taxi drivers, bar staff, barbers, mechanics, the local men and women of this place are truly incredible people. i don t know if you saw the video of me ugly crying, unfortunately travelling around the internet. they are truly incredible and they really did risk their lives and make oath to save their lives and make oath to save their homes of people they didn t know. it is amazing, they have managed to save all of the tourist areas, ourvillage, managed to save all of the tourist areas, our village, the restaurants, hotels. foranyone areas, our village, the restaurants, hotels. for anyone thinking of coming to rhodes, some of our landscape does look a little bit like a moonscape right now, however all of the tourist resorts, hotels
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