Greece wildfire: Tourists return to hotels on Kos island following overnight evacuation

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Hundreds of tourists gathered at a football pitch near the Kos International Airport in Greece on Monday, after being evacuated from nearby hotels following raging fires that tore through dry mountainous terrain in the area, according to an eyewitness.

In videos captured by a tourist on the scene, fires are visible in the distance, with thick black plumes of smoke rising in the air.

Reuters news agency was able to verify the footage from matching the terrain to topographic rendered maps, buildings and structural layout as seen on file, satellite and corroborating images.

Dozens of fires broke out across Greece, including two close to the capital, Athens, over the weekend.

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コメント (12)
  • @DavidElleker
    my family and i have just come home 1 hr ago from this, it all happened very quick and affected many people we walked to the air port to spend a long night on the floor ,but it was better than the stadium
  • @ABW777
    Kardamena ( correct spelling) does have bushes around it but it’s self contained and should be safe. More rural is Antimachia the next village up toward the airport. There shouldn’t be any threat to hotels apart from smoke depending which way the wind blows. They normally have fires ever year so News Channels are over dramatising the situation!!
  • @keikairin2038
    OK my Greek neighbour just went to Greece for two months. Then this crap breaks out. Wonder if they're ok out there.
  • @leekirk4052
    I was here in this camp there was 5800 people laid on Astro pitch also 2 toilets the army did a great job feeding us and giving water out but the tui reps need to be ashamed of them self’s and them cues for the busses was not that calm it was absolutely carnage people punshing running was supposed women with children and disabled first but was not the case people running for the busses and pushing leaving children and disabled people to be left In the boiling sun after freezing all night with no blankets absolutely shambles
  • @JoniMitchell-qi6hr
    More buses please!!If you are going to encourage "TOURISM"?Putting traveller's at risk?Incase those fires got out of control?WHILE THEY WAIT?
  • @Anonymous37261
    This wouldn't have happened if they banned pride, feel the wrath of our Almighty God!! 🙏🏼