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wildfires over the past few years. but the locals here tell me that they have never seen wildfires like this. and never seen it so close to their homes. they are absolutely distraught. the emotions are incredibly high as you can see taking conditions and the situation into their own hands in belief that they can save their homes with just a water hose. you can see this is so unbelievably close. the heat unbearable, the air unbreathable. i m covered in ash and droplets from the helicopters that are so desperate to put the fires out. live pictures here from northern athens, a home catching alight with major effort on the ground to try to put things out. and you can understand people not wanting to leave their homes, but explain their thinking when it is, you know, it is about to be catastrophic

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