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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
John Psaropoulos

‘All my fortune was there’: Fires devastate Greek livelihoods and wildlife

A gust of wind brought fire over the ridge near the village of Koila and forced firefighters to beat a retreat [John Psaropoulos/Al Jazeera]

Alexandroupolis, Greece – Vagia Arvaniti wept for her livestock as she lifted the corrugated sheet metal that formed their barn to reveal charred bodies.

Her sheep and goats lay in poses of terror, carbon statues of themselves, mouths open, heads lifted as if in a final scream when the wildfire rushed over them. The intense heat had skinned them. One’s intestines were visible on its belly.

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