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The Greek government announced Thursday night that it has filed a "serious claim" that the fire that killed more than 80 people on Monday east of Athens was of criminal origin. [19659002"Aseriouselementhasledustoopenaninvestigation"afterthefireofMatiannouncedatapressconferencetheDeputyMinisterforProtectionoftheCitizenNikosToskas
For another fire, violent but Kato, who did not kill in Kineta on the west side of Attica, also spoke of "serious elements" evoking a willful fire.
M. Toskas, who was in the company of the fire chief and the government spokesperson, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, also mentioned "testimonies", without saying more.
Officials, satellite map in support, argued Also, 13 fires left at the same time in Attica on Monday, a fact already emphasized by Mr. Tzanakopoulos in the aftermath of the tragedy.
The government seems thus decided to parry to the critics who start on the management of the tragedy by the authorities. 19659002] million. Tzanakopoulos badured that "the evacuation of Mati was not possible because the phenomenon lasted barely an hour and a half", against the backdrop of "the strongest winds recorded in the last eight years", at about 120 km / h.
In the afternoon, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos faced Mati with the anger of local residents. "You have left us at the mercy of God, we have nothing left!", Thus launched a woman in tears.
– Rules and laws –
M. Kammenos responded to the critics with a different argument, referring to the BBC mic the endemic problem of the illegal constructions which he believes are "the majority" on this coast.
"After this tragedy, it is the moment that (the owners) understand that it is dangerous for them and their families not to follow the rules and laws, "he said.
All day, the painful identification of the more than 80 dead continued , the forensic scientists hoping to have concluded this work by Saturday, thanks to the DNA of supposed relatives.
There are "many calcined bodies, which complicates the procedure," said one of them to the Greek agency ANA.
Families were not allowed to see the bodies, one of the doctors confident that the medical corps itself "was struggling to bear."
In addition to an official number open families, an informal wall of disappeared opened by private developers The internet still showed Thursday the photo of 27 missing persons, without anyone being able to know whether or not some of them were among the bodies found.
On 2,489 houses examined by some 340 agents until Wednesday evening in the stricken coastal zone of Mati, nearly half (48.93%) are no longer habitable, according to the Minister of Infrastructure.
The widow of Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos – Golden Palm in Cannes in 1998– said that "personal archives" of her husband had gone up in smoke in the destruction of the family home.
– 'We are Greeks' –
A powerful solidarity movement has been in place since Monday.
survivors were supported by badociations, which provide accommodation in nearby towns, clothing and food.
The volunteers were busy Thursday in a gym in Rafina, close to Mati, in the middle of mountains of clothing, food or baby diapers.
"We are Greeks, and Greeks tend to unite when they are in need, and to help each other as much as possible", proudly testified Joanna Kefalidou, an English teacher on vacation.
For its part, while refraining from criticizing the government head-on during the three-day period of national mourning, the head of the main opposition party, New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, went to the scene of the tragedy for the second twice in two days Thursday, to express its solidarity to the families of the victims.
But as of Friday, the knives are likely to be pulled. "This horrible disaster will be the pretext for a political controversy," the liberal daily Kathimerini warned on Thursday, incriminating all public services in this affair.
In the evening, Queen Elizabeth II of England, Prince Philip, Born Prince Philip of Greece, and their eldest son Prince Charles, sent messages of sympathy to Greece.
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