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I told you a few days ago that there is a lot of damage from wildfires in unusually high temperatures in Greece, but the flames are not being caught and are spreading out of control.
Thousands of people on an island near Athens have also made an emergency escape by boat.
By Kim Kyung-hee, staff reporter.
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Flames and smoke colored the sky and the sea red.
Hundreds of people aboard the cruise ship had to watch as the crimson flames engulf the mountain.
Residents and tourists have been evacuated after a wildfire that started last week on the island of Ebia, north of Athens, the second-largest in Greece, spread to beaches.
Residents agreed that it was like the end of the day.
[Mina/evacuated villager: It was terrible. It was like a horror movie, it was beyond words.]
[David/Resident Evacuee: There was a lot of heat, and the acting was great. When I looked at the sun, it floated like a red ball, but there was nothing around it.] With
more than 2,000 people escaping from Evia Island over the weekend, the authorities mobilized 17 aircraft to start the firefighting operation.
In Greece, national wildfires have so far killed two people and left 56,000 hectares to ashes.
While firefighting work is still in progress at 55 places, there is concern that the damage will be even greater as strong winds and heatwaves exceeding 47 degrees are forecast this week.
[Leven Kurnas/Climatologist at Bogazić University, Turkey: Climate change is not the direct cause of this wildfire, but it is exacerbating everything.]
Turkey and Italy, which are adjacent to Greece, have also been fighting wildfires for the second week, but the flames are hardly extinguished. is not.
(Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)