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Brit tourist is

- EXCLUSIVE BY SARAH ARNOLD

A BRITISH holidaymak­er who gave up his break to help fight wildfires in Greece has been dubbed the “angel of the ashes”.

Apollo Gerolymbos, 36, has been helping evacuate homes and battle 30ft flames as the fires cause an ecological disaster in the Peloponnes­e and the capital Athens.

The dad, a data analyst for London Fire Brigade, said he could not stand by as the devastatio­n hit.

He has volunteere­d as a firefighte­r in Greece since 2007, but was there on a family holiday when the blazes

 ??  ?? DIP OF THE ICEBERG Shards of the glacier in the sea at Hof
DIP OF THE ICEBERG Shards of the glacier in the sea at Hof
 ??  ?? HERO Apollo was on family hols as fire took hold
HERO Apollo was on family hols as fire took hold

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