Horrific visuals of wildfires surface, blaze ravages Greek island 'like a horror movie'
The flames engulfed homes in five villages but the full extent of the damage was not immediately known.
New Delhi: Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea. The blaze on Evia, Greece's second-biggest island, quickly burgeoned into several fronts, ripping through thousands of hectares (acres) of pristine forest across its northern part, and forcing the evacuation of dozens of villages.
"(It's) like a horror movie," said a 38-year-old pregnant evacuee who gave her name as Mina, after she boarded a rescue ferry at the town of Pefki, where falling ash covered the port.
Firefighting airplane makes a water drop
Local stands at his balcony looking at the losses
Firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire
Local try to help each other
Local try to help each other in these challenging times. Since Tuesday, the coastguard has evacuated more than 2,000 people, including many elderly residents, from different parts of Evia, which is linked to the mainland by bridge, in dramatic sea rescues as the night sky turned an apocalyptic red.
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Hundreds of houses were destroyed by deadly flames
Over 570 firefighters deployed
