On the frontline of Greece’s wildfire 'hell'

On the frontline of Greece’s wildfire 'hell'

“It was like hell. It was like a war,” says George, a 36-year-old volunteer firefighter who helped battle this week’s mega-blaze which burnt its way to the outskirts of Athens. “We don’t have the resources to beat those conditions," he tells me in a cafe in the hilltop town of Varnavas north-east of …

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  • Climate

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