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The violent fires that ravaged Monday around Athens left more than 20 dead and more than a hundred wounded, according to a still provisional badessment, announced the night by the Greek government.
The locality seaside of Mati stricken Most of the victims were trapped in the vicinity of the seaside resort of Mati, 40 km northeast of Athens, "at home or in their cars," said Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. , in a televised message.
Eleven of the wounded are in serious condition, while 16 are children, he said. "With the advance of the rescue, we risk to discover new victims, the night will be long," had previously worried a fire chief.
#Greece :
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Horrifying day for Athens
3 destroyed deaths and more than 25 injured
environmental destruction.
Hundreds of homes and cars destroyed
Greek Navy evacuated hundreds of people. [Https://tco/H6ON9uicNbpic. twitter.com/0MaQh9ectK– City Plaza Squat (@ sol2refugees) July 23, 2018 [196] 59009] The Port of Rafina evacuated Nine coastal patrol boats, two military vessels and dozens of private boats badisted by army helicopters were mobilized to evacuate residents and tourists to the port of Rafina, near Mati having fled the flames on the beaches and at sea, also said this photographer.
Σοκαριστικές εικόνες, βιβλικής καταστροφής. Περισσότεροι από 20 μέχρι στιγμής οι νεκροί συνάνθρωποί μας. Πως να κλείσεις μάτι απόψε; Πόσες ακόμα πληγές να μετρήσει αυτή η πατρίδα; Χριστέ μου μην μας εγκαταλείπεις! # φωτια # Κινετα # Ματι # Ραφήνα # Πυρκαγια pic.twitter.com/ntMwG7Esy5
– Anestis Vlachos Junior (@anevlachosjr) July 24, 2018
The survivors were transferred to hotels and military camps, while many concerned relatives flocked to Rafina.
Given the situation, the presidency of the Republic canceled the annual reception scheduled for Tuesday to commemorate the restoration of democracy in Greece in July 1974.
Spain and Cyprus help the 600 Greek firemen. Dimitris Tzanakopoulos announced that Spain would send planes, and Cyprus a team of 60 firefighters. Greece has activated the European Civil Protection Mechanism to get help from its partners.
"It's time to fight the flames," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said earlier. According to him, "more than 600" firefighters were deployed on the three fronts left during the day, fanned by winds up to more than 100 km / h, and two of them continued to progress in the night around Mati and some 55 km west of the capital, near the town of Kinetta, along the highway leading to the Corinth Cbad.
The night interrupted air operations, carried out earlier by eight aircraft and nine helicopters. "If I had not left, I would have burned," said Maria, a 67-year-old retiree living in Mati. She said she had to leave her two dogs to flee in time.
Northern Europe suffocates. Drought and heat also affect all of Northern Europe.
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In Finland The Northern Province of Lapland is particularly affected by forest fires and fires. Persistent grbad and spread to its eastern border of fires left Russia.
The Norway also has very high temperatures with the hottest May in its history and temperatures above the seasonal normal in June, often above 30 ° C.
The Sweden which in places has hardly recorded rainfall in nearly three months and has the hottest month of July for at least two and a half centuries, had to resort to European solidarity to fight against fire.
No less than 25,000 hectares have already gone up in smoke or continue to burn, twice the size of the city of Paris
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