Greece’s Summer of Fire and Anger

After a week of wildfires, VICE World News travelled to the island of Evia, Greece to meet local villagers that defied evacuation orders. With insufficient forces on the ground, volunteer firefighters took matters into their own hands and fought the fires themselves. They are angry at the mismanagement of the country’s fire services, a force that has long been underfunded and ill-prepared to tackle the onslaught of the climate crisis. This is Greece’s summer of fire and anger. Watch more like this: Climate Change Is Making it Even Harder to Escape Poverty The Fossil Fuel Industry Wants You to Think It’s Solving Climate Change The Tiny Island in Greece With the Oldest Life Expectancy in the World Check out the VICE World News playlist for global reporting you won’t find elsewhere: