The tragic end of the case of the parents who were looking for their twins who disappeared after a fire in Greece

The desperate search for a couple whose twins disappeared amid the fires that struck Greece had a tragic end: the authorities confirmed that both died in the # 39; fire. The total number of deaths caused by fires last Monday on the eastern coast of the Greek region of Atica the most deadly recorded in Europe during this century, is already 88, according to the last official report. ] The miners could be identified, after a series of autopsies, with more than a dozen people. The parents of the nine-year-old twins hoped to find them alive and whose disappearance had triggered a major search operation. The father thought to recognize them in a boat that had saved several people on the day of the fire

However, finally it was a confusion and the girls appeared dead with their grandparents in their summer home in Mati, the city that accumulates all the victims. The girls had moved there the same day with their grandparents while the parents stayed at Athens . The latest fatal victim of the fire, in addition, is a 42-year-old woman who was in critical condition.

Greece faces tragedy

The Ministry of Health reported Friday that they are currently hospitalized 48 people, including two children who are developing favorably and may possibly be released early in the year. week. Nine of the wounded, however, remain in critical condition. In addition, some 40 missing persons have returned home

Meanwhile, the cleaning of the affected areas continues and the inspection of the houses of search for possible victims . In the absence of all the identified victims, we do not know how many missing people are still there. Up to now, the experts have inspected 3,505 houses affected by fires, of which 998 were declared in ruins and 794 temporarily uninhabitable according to the latest data of the ministry of infrastructure .

(With information from EFE )