Really well is in northwest athens, what do you make of it, elani? reporter: it is very loud. one second. here is a helicopter. it is dousing a fire that has engulfed homes. there are locals standing by. they received evacuation orders. many of them do not want to leave their homes. they are using hoses to douse their homes and gardens in hopes of salvaging what is left of their livelihoods. they say they feel that authorities have not done enough. authorities on the other hand face the task of trying to put out these raging fires and that with massive winds that you can see i m experiencing right now. this family here watering down their homes. all these homes are at risk. many homes have already been
Burned. the damage is extraordinary. now, greece experienced incredible rainfall in june followed by record temperatures and the last 24 hours have been 93 new wildfires that have erupted across the country about catastrophic damage that you have seen. and of course not enough resources from what we understand to save what is left of homes in these frontline areas. we re currently here as you can see, look at these flames. unbelievable. this is what is known as the lens of athens and now alight. extraordinary to see this. we ve been here for over an hour and we saw smoke but we are now seeing massive flames engulfing the forest area. how unusual is it for the flames to come so close to the capital? reporter: it is unusual. athens has experienced many
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Was night-time. describing it as i hell on earth can we have just been showing some of that very powerful footage that you have posted online. so where were you and your family and where are you now staying? share and where are you now staying? are ou safe? and where are you now staying? fife: you safe? yes, at and where are you now staying? six2 you safe? yes, at the moment, and says, we are staying at a hotel, in an area in the centre of athens. we are far away from danger, even though the fires are increasing, in both the degree and the severity, so the problem is farfrom over. the problem is far from over. so what lessons are you hoping can be learned from this latest devastating episode? learned from this latest devastating e - isode? ~ learned from this latest devastating eisode? i , s, episode? when it comes to the committee. episode? when it comes to the committee. l episode? when it comes to the committee, ithink episode? when it comes to the committee, i think people -
Thousands of people have been moved from their homes in the northern suburbs of athens. an extreme fire warning has been issued and the country s prime minister says greece is in the midst of an unprecedented environmental crisis. bethany bell sent this report. bethany bell is in a suburb in northwest athens and she us the latest from there. you can see the big smoke behind me over the mountain, there is a fire burning out of control on the other side of that mountain. the theory is that it is going to come over the mountain and burn this suburb of athens and you can hear the planes above, people are trying to extinguish the fire by dropping water from the sky. people have been told to evacuate this area and we have seen cars of people packing up belongings to get out of here and really, the air at the moment is full of smoke and ash and getting hard to breathe. this is of course after days of heat