Greek police evacuate elderly people near Athens amid blazing wildfires

  • 3 weeks ago
Greek police officers help evacuate elderly people from their homes as wildfires blaze in Varnavas, some 40km north of Athens. Thousands of people living around the Greek capital have fled their homes as a huge wildfire front creeps closer, despite "superhuman" efforts to contain the blaze, officials say.
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00:00Come on, let's go.
00:02Come on, ladies.
00:04Come with me, please.
00:06Come on, come on.
00:08Let's go, let's go.
00:10Give me your hand.
00:12Let's go together.
00:14Come on, let's go.
00:16Lavara, Lavara.
00:18Come on, come on.
00:20Come on, come on.
00:24Well done, well done.
00:26Light up his feet.
00:30Come on.
00:32Come on.
00:38Let's go.
00:40Let's go.

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