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In the forest fire zones near the Greek capital Athens, emergency services have found more deaths. The number of victims rose to 83 on Thursday, which authorities announced Thursday night. At the same time, the Greek government spoke for the first time of possible causes of devastating fires. They could be the work of incendiaries.
"There are indications that lead us to these thoughts," said Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection Nikos Toskas on Thursday night. The satellite images show that several fires have erupted along a road to the west of Athens in a very short time, he said.
To the east of Athens, the fire spread rapidly due to extremely strong winds. "There are not only indications, but also signs of arson," Toskas said. He did not want to give details. He did not want to interfere with the investigation. The arrests of suspects have not been there, said the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection on.
Among the dead were also a man from Ireland and a Belgian, reported state radio (ERT). The situation was clearly released on Thursday. There were no more firefaces threatening the inhabited areas. In the Athens area, after the fires, all the fires were extinguished, reported the public radio.
Dozens of people are still missing. "We have taken DNA samples from all the relatives of the victims and missing persons and we will have the identification results in the coming days," said medical examiner Ilias Boyiokas on television. Most corpses are "charred" in his words. That's why DNA tests are needed. Police badume that it is only after the identification of corpses that the exact number of missing persons will be clearly identified.
The threat of forest fire was clbadified "low and medium" on Thursday and Friday, Civil Protection said. Firefighters and firefighters from Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Romania have reinforced the Greek fire department. In addition, it rained Thursday in parts of Greece
The material damage is significant: according to an initial badessment, state engineers have examined 2489 houses in East of Athens . Of these, 1218 (just under 49%) are uninhabitable. The controls will continue in the coming days. Thousands of houses have not yet been inspected, local authorities said.
The search for more victims continued on Thursday. Soldiers, firefighters and volunteers searched houses burned in the seaside resorts of East Athens. There is no official list of victims and their nationalities. "In the current state of knowledge, no Austrian has been physically damaged in forest fires," said State Department spokesman Thomas Schnöll in Vienna
. caused the devastating forest fires in the east of Athens. "I saw a broken line, and it all started," said Mayor Dimitris Stergiou at the Greek news channel 24/7. Sparks would have spewed ripped cables. He had already told investigators of the fire department. The judiciary ordered an investigation the day before.
The survey is expected to take several months. In Greece, forest fires are more often attributed to the machinations of land speculators.
The government led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Wednesday night a number of aids for the victims and their families. Among other things, one-time support of up to 6,000 euros, two special pensions for pensioners and tax breaks were decided. Later, there will be cheap loans for rebuilding destroyed homes. A special donation account was created
(APA)
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