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Konstantinos Tsakalidis (Greece)

wildfires in Greece

Greece, August 2021. Hundreds of forest fires broke out across the country amid the most intense and prolonged heat wave in the last 30 years, when temperatures reached 47 degrees Celsius.
The negligence of the state fire control mechanism in Evia reduced more than 50,000 hectares of forests, agricultural land, dozens of houses and animals to ashes.

Kritsiopi Panayiota, 81 years old, reacts as a wildfire approaches her house in the village of Gouves on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

View from the shore of of Pefki village during the wildfires in the northern Evia

Greece on August 8, 2021

Local resident pours water on the roof of his house as the fire approaches the village of Gouves, Evia island

Greece on August 8, 2021

Burned goats in the forest next to the village of Kerasia on the island of Evia. According to the breeder Kostas Aggelou, he lost more than 350 goats due to the wildfire.

Greece on August 12, 2021

Wildfire in Afidnes area at the northern east outskirts of Athens.

Greece on August 6, 2021

Member of the Slovak fire brigade holds a hose as he walks through thick smoke during a wildfire near the village of Avgaria.

Greece on August 10, 2021

An elderly couple lying down inside a ferry used to accommodate local residents and tourists who evacuate their houses in the town of Pefki on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire outside the village of Galatsona, on Evia island.

Greece on August 10, 2021

An old olive tree burn in the village of Gouves, on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A man reacts as a wildfire is reaching the town of Pefki on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A wildfire burns in a forest near the village of Gouves, on the island of Evia.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A local resident uses a branch to beat back flames during attempts to control the wildfire outside the village of Kamatriades, on Evia island.

Greece on August 10, 2021

Police officers and locals monitor the wildfire approaching the first houses of the the village of Gouves on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A Beriev Be-200 fire fighting aircraft operates amid dense smoke rising over the town of Kapandriti as the wildfire continues to burn on Mount Parnitha about 35km north from Athens.

Greece on August 6, 2021

People cut trees as the wildfire is reaching the village of Kamatriades, Evia island.

Greece on August 9, 2021

An elderly woman is carried on a stretcher from the ferry where residents of evacuated areas spent the night.

Пефки Эвия, 9 августа 2021 года

The sun sets behind the burned mountain near the village of Gouves on Evia island.

Greece on August 10, 2021

Residents and volunteers are waiting for the wildfire outside the village of Kamatriades on Evia island.

Greece on August 9, 2021

Kritsiopi Panayiota, 81 years old, reacts as a wildfire approaches her house in the village of Gouves on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

View from the shore of of Pefki village during the wildfires in the northern Evia

Greece on August 8, 2021

Local resident pours water on the roof of his house as the fire approaches the village of Gouves, Evia island

Greece on August 8, 2021

Burned goats in the forest next to the village of Kerasia on the island of Evia. According to the breeder Kostas Aggelou, he lost more than 350 goats due to the wildfire.

Greece on August 12, 2021

Wildfire in Afidnes area at the northern east outskirts of Athens.

Greece on August 6, 2021

Member of the Slovak fire brigade holds a hose as he walks through thick smoke during a wildfire near the village of Avgaria.

Greece on August 10, 2021

An elderly couple lying down inside a ferry used to accommodate local residents and tourists who evacuate their houses in the town of Pefki on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire outside the village of Galatsona, on Evia island.

Greece on August 10, 2021

An old olive tree burn in the village of Gouves, on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A man reacts as a wildfire is reaching the town of Pefki on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A wildfire burns in a forest near the village of Gouves, on the island of Evia.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A local resident uses a branch to beat back flames during attempts to control the wildfire outside the village of Kamatriades, on Evia island.

Greece on August 10, 2021

Police officers and locals monitor the wildfire approaching the first houses of the the village of Gouves on Evia island.

Greece on August 8, 2021

A Beriev Be-200 fire fighting aircraft operates amid dense smoke rising over the town of Kapandriti as the wildfire continues to burn on Mount Parnitha about 35km north from Athens.

Greece on August 6, 2021

People cut trees as the wildfire is reaching the village of Kamatriades, Evia island.

Greece on August 9, 2021

An elderly woman is carried on a stretcher from the ferry where residents of evacuated areas spent the night.

Пефки Эвия, 9 августа 2021 года

The sun sets behind the burned mountain near the village of Gouves on Evia island.

Greece on August 10, 2021

Residents and volunteers are waiting for the wildfire outside the village of Kamatriades on Evia island.

Greece on August 9, 2021

Konstantinos Tsakalidis — a photographer from Greece. He has been documenting issues related to the Greek crisis since 2011. In 2015-2016, he captured the route of thousands of refugees from the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea to Central Europe through the Balkan countries. In August 2021, he was assigned by Bloomberg News to cover the wildfires in Athens and on the island of Evia.