As Greece's Evia island faced another difficult night from fires raging through the north, residents of one village refused to adhere to the call by authorities to evacuate.
Residents are mounting a round the clock watch to try to save their homes from the wildfires ravaging the Greek island of Evia, determined to stay put despite the authorities urging them to evacuate.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis said 586 fires had broken out in just eight days in Greece in what he called a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions that he blamed on the effects of climate change.
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