PHOTOS: A Scene From A Greek Wildfire
We were stunned by the photographs coming out of a wildfire near Athens today. They were taken by Angelos Tzortzinis after a fire that burned inside an air force base.
The AP moved a story about it, earlier today. But Tzortzinis found that the fire had also affected an encampment of Romas and took these haunting images for the Agence France Presse:
A Roma boy stands at a burnt Roma encampment, where the fire broke out in the industrial zone of Athens on Wednesday. Angelos Tzortzinis /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Roma boy stands at a burnt Roma encampment, where the fire broke out in the industrial zone of Athens on Wednesday.
Angelos Tzortzinis /AFP/Getty Images
The fire broke out in the industrial zone of Athens in the early afternoon, threatening the Hellenic Airforce base and a Roma encampment. Angelos Tzortzinis /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The AP reports that a 28-year-old firefighter died fighting the blaze.