Residents of the Greek seaside village of Rovies mourn a lost paradise of pristine pine forests and family homes, scorched by wildfires that burned for nine days.
The village at the foothills of a mountain, on the island of Evia northeast of Athens, had long been a popular retreat for Greek and foreign tourists, with locals also living off honey, resin and olive oil farming.
In Rovies, as in other villages across the island, residents said the government failed to protect their homes and the forest. "If they had brought the helicopters and the planes immediately and had stayed for six or seven hours straight, the fire would have been put out from the beginning on the first day," he said.A fire brigade official said he understood people who lost their homes were upset, but said firefighters had done all they could.
"Everything burned. Our dreams burned, our memories burned, everything, everything. Not even one photograph from my dad's home is left."
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