28 August 2007

Kolyri on fire


What I read on papers for my village Kolyri... :-(

"...Before dawn, church bells rang out in the village of Kolyri near Ancient Olympia as residents gathered their belongings and fled. Villagers returned to find at least seven houses gutted. "It's hell everywhere," Kolyri resident Costas Ladas said. "I've never seen anything like it." Ladas, 47, said the blaze covered three kilometers (less than two miles) in three minutes. Resident Fotis Hadzopoulos, 39, said the evacuation was chaotic. "Children were crying, and their mothers were trying to comfort them," he said. Six firefighting planes were dropping water in the area.

The fire blazed into the nearby village of Varvasaina, destroying several houses. As residents rushed to battle the flames, others, stunned, walked the streets holding their heads in their hands.


Across the country, churchgoers prayed for the blazes to abate. ..."

[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/24/world/main3202975.shtml]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Τίποτα από το άρθρο, αλλά διαφωνώ με μερικά σημεία σε κάποιο extenct. Είμαι μάλλον μια μειοψηφία όμως, lol. Ευχαριστίες για τη διανομή.