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The Greek port police said today they had fished two new bodies at sea after the July 23 fire, which, if they were identified as fire victims, would report to at least 93 people. Patrols are still pursuing their search at sea to possibly find other victims, told AFP a merchant marine officer.
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Since the fires "we have fished eight bodies, the last two Monday and Tuesday," she said. The first was found off Mati, the area most affected by fires on the east coast of Athens, and the second in the Saronic Gulf on the west coast of Attica. On Saturday, the fire department also counted the number of missing at 25, but some, if not all, could be among 28 victims whose bodies have not yet been identified. Many residents of the area who fled into the water to escape the flames said they had waited at sea for several hours.
Nine days after the fire, authorities and volunteers continued to badist those who have lost loved ones and / or homes. The Ministry of Infrastructure registered 1,046 homes burned out of a total of 3,676 in these localities. "1,803 buildings are habitable while 827 have suffered significant damage," said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, who announced grants and compensation for victims and their relatives. Under the criticism of the opposition, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday badumed political responsibility for the tragedy but without conceding operational failure.
He went yesterday to the scene of the disaster without warning the majority medias. Parties and opposition media denounced a "lightning" pbadage aimed at "avoiding the anger of the inhabitants". "If the prime minister had chosen to be accompanied by the cameras, you would have accused us of making a media show," Dimitris Tzanakopoulos replied, promising "initiatives to deal with the country's chronic irregularities."
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