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The testimony of a father that lost his children in the fires of “Black Saturday”

Black Saturday

Ο ομογενής και η σύζυγός του έχασαν τη ζωή τους πριν δέκα χρόνια στις πυρκαγιές του «Μαύρου Σαββάτου» στην Βικτώρια Source: Supplied

Ten years have passed from the fatal fires of the "Black Saturday" in Victoria, which killed 173 people, including two Greek Australians.


Dimitris and Tania Tsimiklis were burned alive when the flames engulfed their home at Kinglake.

Ten years on from this tragic event, John Tsimiklis, father of Dimitris and Tania, speaks in Greek Language Program.


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