A burnt house during a wildfire in the Vilia area  northwest of Athens, Greece, on Aug. 23, 2021.

A burnt house during a wildfire in Vilia area some 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Greece's fire department scrambled firefighting aircraft and ground forces as at least two new blazes broke out in areas already scarred by wildfires this summer, with strong winds complicating efforts to contain them. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

"I wake up in the morning and for a moment I still expect to see the forest, and then reality kicks in," says Vaggelis Georgantzis, head of the resin producers union.

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