were found by its worst heat in decades. hardest hit was the country s second largest island, evia. the government has blamed climate change. i’m has blamed climate change. i m a firefighter has blamed climate change. i“n a firefighter for 23 years and as i can remember, there is no similar situation. here, the fires were catastrophic. around one third of the island was burnt. thousands of people had to flee their homes. and a way of life was destroyed.
all over in greece. almost 100 fires per day for five or six days period. so it was very, very difficult for us. what was different about the fires this year? i think that the conditions, the weather conditions was very different from the other years. i think all of us, we can see the climb of changes. so we must think about all our lives and the life of natural environment. that is not only greece problem or americans problem or italians problem, no, it s a global problem. the forest i saw with stratos was evia s economy. on this island, many
evia, off the coast of mainland greece. dense pine forests, beautiful beaches, and the sea. but this summer, a wildfire tore through the north of the island. it was the largest fire in greece since records began. over 50,000 hectares of woodland were burnt. it took almost two weeks to bring the blaze under control. i was sent to report on the fires this summer. two months on, i ve come back to see the aftermath.
in evia s huge forests. goat bells ring. the fires have affected the honey trade across the country. alexandra kakarouna lives 500kms away, in western greece. she started beekeeping as a child with her father. now she and her father run a honey business. like many greek honey producers, she used to take her beehives to evia for the pine tree pollen, but that s no longer possible.
humanly possible to combat the blazes. but it said the fires were too intense for their defences. honey from pine trees accounts for 70% of greece s total honey production. and until the fires, two thirds of greek pine honey was produced here in evia s huge forests. goat bells ring. the fires have affected the honey trade across the country. this woman started beekeeping as a child with her father. this woman started beekeeping as a child with herfather. now she and her father run a honey