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A series of wildfires consume East of Athens; At least 60 people have died in the past few hours due to a series of forest fires that are consuming the area to East of Athens, Greece.
The updated balance was released on Tuesday morning (24), by the mayor of Rafina, Evangelos Bournous.Trump declares the state of emergency after the first fire death in California [29]
The number of wounded in fires in Greece
already exceeds 150 – with at least 69 people hospitalized, some of whom are in serious situations. "I've seen corpses, cars on fire, I feel lucky to be alive, Mati does not exist anymore," said a woman rescued from the fire, referring to the coastal town of Rafina, about 40 km from Athens.
The country has already decreed the state of emergency
and asked for international help to contain forest fires
in the east and north-east of Athens, where dozens of homes have been destroyed by fire and thousands of citizens and tourists are trying to get to the beaches to be taken out of the area by boats.
fire in the center of SP
According to the Greek station Skai
The images of Mati "recall the macabre landscape" of the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in Pompeii, Italy.
International Assistance against Fire in Greece
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At least France, Turkey and Israel came into contact to provide fire badistance in Greece
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron has already expressed on Twitter his solidarity with the Greek people and said that he was providing aid to the Greek government. "Our thoughts go to Greece
and for the victims of these terrible fires. France and Europe stand together and provide help, "he wrote.
In addition to France, Turkey also came into contact to help Greece
. "We are ready to help," said Ankara Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The two countries, marked by a historical division of rivalry and protagonists of recent political tensions, have already collaborated in the past in the event of natural disasters in the "seismic diplomacy" considered by Turkey in 1999.
The Italian press, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, said that he was "deeply shaken by the death of so many people in the fires in Greece". "Italy stands next to the Greek population and has already announced the availability of two Canadair [avião de combate a incêndios]",
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On the other hand, the government of Israel offered medical badistance to the victims of fires in Greece
and air support to the government.
* According to information from the Ansa agency
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