Goat breeder says he's finished after deadly Evros wildfire kills livestock

Farmer Kleanthis Raptis, 56, walks next to debris in his sheepfold burned in this year's wildfires, which was also destroyed in the wildfires of 2022, as a wildfire burns at the Dadia National Park in the region of Evros, Greece, September 3, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

PROVATONAS, Greece (Reuters) -Goat breeder Kleanthis Raptis lost most of his livestock on Saturday after a deadly wildfire which has burned for more than two weeks ripped through his stable close to the village of Provatonas in northeastern Greece.

Aircraft and hundreds of firefighters struggled for the 16th day on Sunday to contain the wildfire in the northeastern region of Evros, Europe's deadliest this summer, which killed at least 20 people, destroyed homes and scorched lush forests, including the protected Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli park.