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The great pine forests around Athens have been burning incessantly since Monday afternoon: the flames have already killed 60 people and kneel all over the Greece. Some of the bodies were found in the sea, where they were probably looking for a leak, others in their homes destroyed by fire. The wounded are 556 as reported by the Red Cross. Of these 16 are children and are in severe conditions but the balance sheet is still provisional. "We saw scary scenes with at least 12 hours of hell and horror ," said the Italian ambbadador to Greece Efisio Luigi Marras, at Rainews24 . The largest number of casualties is recorded in the tourist resort of Mati about 40 kilometers northeast of Athens, and in the town of Rafina, on the coast is from the Greek capital. "I've seen dead bodies, burned cars, I feel lucky to be alive." Mati does not even exist anymore as a regulation, "said a Greek TV witness Skai.
This morning the discovery of the red cross of 26 people burned in the courtyard of a villa. The fires are out of control : dozens of farms have been destroyed, as well as hectares of forests. The flames are fueled by strong winds that begin to blow in the night with gusts over 60 km while a heat wave has raised temperatures in the country around 40 degrees. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared three days of national mourning
TESTIMONIALS – For Greek television Skai images of Mati, the city most affected by fires in Greece, "Remember the macabre scenario of Pompeii": rescuers have found among other things calcined bodies of two dead women kissed their children . Some people, the transmitter continues on their site, they tried to escape the flames by running towards the sea, but a cliff forced them to leave in search of another way of s & # 's Escape, and they did not do it. "People are crying, screaming on the phone, cars are parked and sirens are ringing everywhere .. The air is hot the flames are close," says a reporter near Rafina, not far from Penteli, epicenter of the fire. "Fortunately, there is the sea, we fled into the sea, because the flames pursued us in the water – said a another witness mentioned by BBC online – The fire burned our back and plunged us into the water. I said 'my God, we must run to save ourselves' "The fire rages relentlessly we call the locals to go to Corinth to protect themselves and their children," is the dramatic appeal of the deputy mayor from Megara, located near Kineta, where the flames are advancing with more speed.With firefighters and emergency teams, coastguards, as well as fishing and tourism boats, also participated in the operations. rescuing thousands of people seeking shelter on the beaches and being trapped by the flames. "We hope extinguish the fires of today," said one spokesman for the fire department, explaining that during the night the strong wind that caused the fire quickly spread.
AN INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP To turn off the flames – Thousands of Locals and tourists in the area flee to the beaches to be ev acted by warships, yachts and fishing boats, while the Greek government asks the help of other countries European Union to fight fires. "We will do all that is humanly possible to tame them," said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who declared the state of emergency in the metropolitan area of Athens, after returning early from a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. . Tsipras has also advanced the hypothesis that fires are malicious in nature . The dense smoke, which reached the capital, forced the closure of the main highway connecting the Peloponnese. L & # 39; Italy, Germany Poland and France sent planes, means and firefighters from Canadair . A team of 64 firefighters and paramedics, two fire trucks sent from Cyprus and Spain has already arrived in Attica, while Turkey has also offered its support to Greece
FARNESINA EVALUATES THE PRESENCE OF ITALIANS – [19659004] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Crisis Unit and the Embbady of Italy in Athens, checks with local authorities the possible involvement of Italian citizens in serious fires that affect Greece and work for the help of our compatriots. This was announced in Farnesina on Twitter. The President of the Council Giuseppe Conte wanted to express his solidarity with a tweet: "Deeply shaken by the death of so many people because of the fires in Greece. Italy is tightening around the Greek population and has already activated by making available two Canadair. " We are safe in a hotel in Athens. The flight yesterday was canceled and they took us to the hotel. We should start again today. The sky of Athens was yellow yesterday looked like a sandstorm, it was the color of fire "says Michele D'Ambrosio former mayor of Santeramo (Bari), which is with other Italians on holiday in Athens.
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