Has "strong indications" that fires have been fired

"Armageddon" was on the front of the Greek newspaper Ethno on Wednesday. The title was placed on a photo of charred remains of a house and a burned Greek flag.

After the fire fired out of the Greek capital, Athens lost control Monday, at least 81 people died after the fires. It is to be feared that the number of dead may increase further.

Greek authorities suspect that some of the fires outside of Athens could have been attacked, reports Time

– Very Concerned

Security Minister Nikos Toskas confirms now that the Greek authorities suspect that the fires could have been inflicted.

– We have strong indications and have made significant discoveries that support the theory of firepower, says Toskas Thursday night, according to Time.

– We are concerned about many factors and the physical results have been studied, the minister added.

Already Wednesday, the first reports were that authorities in Greece suspected that the fires could have been attacked. The BBC and AFP have cited anonymous sources of authority over suspicions

The motive for these potential fires could have been to steal abandoned homes, writing both the BBC and the US. AFP

according to Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, spokesman for the Greek government

– 15 fires were fired simultaneously in three different locations in Athens, said Tzanakopoulos at the BBC

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The Greek authorities opened an inquiry to clarify the circumstances of the fires.

– I am very concerned that these fires started at the same time, said Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister.

– The fires are not innocent, said Nicos Toskas, the Greek minister earlier this week, according to the New York Times.

The hardest hit

The village of Mati was the hardest hit by the fires. The village is located in a popular tourist area along the coast, east of Athens. Here, among other things, 26 people were found dead in the garden of a villa.

Tuesday night, 82 people were treated at the hospital. Among them were a dozen children, and most of them were serious

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Monday night blew the storm in the affected areas, which caused the spread of the flames very quickly. In addition, it was hot and extremely dry.

When Dagbladet visited Mati on Tuesday, only ruins of the city remained. Explosed cars, broken lanterns and what was once a four-star hotel looked like one big ash.

Etterslukking

A large number of firefighters are still working on extinction in areas north of Athens. Others work to fight another forest fire in the west of the city.

At the same time, the search for more victims is under way. One of the leaders of the emergency service said that "the problem is hidden under the ashes," writes NTB.

It is already clear that forest fires are among the deadliest in the world for decades.

The only forest fires that have required more human lives in Europe since the millennium.

East and West

Greece has been affected by several large fires in different regions. It is mainly in two areas that fires have been concentrated. East before Athens, so around Mati and Rafina on the east coast and west of Athens, in the Kineta region.

Kineta is located along Saroni Bay in West Attica

. This comes after the government was criticized for the way they treated the fires within hours of their occurrence.