‘My house was totally burnt’: Greek villagers return home to see damage caused by wildfires

Euronews spoke to villagers who returned to their homes in Greece after wildfires burned through the region.

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00:00 Residents of the Greek town of Avas return to see the ruins of their village after devastating

00:06 wildfires burnt through the area.

00:08 One of them is Apostolos, whose house was among the eight burnt.

00:13 All around the village, my house has been burnt also.

00:20 Really?

00:21 My own house.

00:22 Totally.

00:23 I don't know.

00:24 I have to take directions from the community authorities or something.

00:38 Grateful to still be alive and well, Apostolos goes to the chapel to pray and light a candle

00:43 for his loved ones.

00:45 The last few days have also been extremely difficult for authorities.

00:48 It was so hard because the fire was everywhere.

00:52 It was so big, so big, you can see.

00:56 In one moment the fire was from one side of the village to the other side.

01:02 We gave the people to evacuate the village.

01:10 The traffic in the area has now been restored.

01:12 After a curfew installed by the regional transport authorities was lifted.

01:19 Meanwhile hundreds of firefighters from EU countries are still working around the clock

01:22 to tackle the blaze in north-eastern Greece.

01:25 [Fire sounds]