A wildfire near Athens left large patches of scorched earth in the surrounding towns and villages on Wednesday (August 14).
Most of the wildfire fronts had eased three days after the inferno first took hold, but officials warned against complacency as firefighters were still battling sporadic flare-ups.
The drone footage over Vrilissia shows how close the fire came to many homes whilst others were totally charred as the fire on Sunday (August 11) barrelled from a forest off the town of Varnavas, 35 km (22 miles) from the capital, into Athens' northern suburbs.
Greece is on high fire alert until Thursday, with temperatures forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) raising concern about possible flare-ups. Winds are also expected to pick up on Thursday.
Wildfires have been a common feature of Greek summers for years, but climate change has brought hotter weather and less rain, heightening the risk.
(Production: Angelos Tsatsis, Valentini Anagnostopoulou, Malgorzata Wojtunik)
