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MATI, Greece – Firefighters in Greece raised to 91 the number of dead from a forest fire that crossed a coastal area to the east of # 39, Athens and reported that 25 people were missing on Sunday. Before the National Fire Service updated the official death toll, it rose to 86, as hundreds of people attended a memorial service Sunday morning for the victims in the seaside village hit hardest. by fires.
On July 23, the fire spread to Mati's village without warning. A database of the Center for Disaster Epidemiology Research in Brussels shows it as the deadliest in Europe since 1900. [19659002ThevastmajorityofthevictimsweremortagedinthelungsandsomedarknesswasnotmediatedbyflyingflightsJusquenesstotheGreekauthoritiesdidnotprovideanumberofpornsported
Mgr Kyrillos, head of the local Greek Orthodox Church, presided over the memorial service at the Dormition of the Church of the Virgin Mary at Mati, a popular holiday resort which is where the harder hit by the fire that killed at least 86 people. Kyrillos said the community was mourning the loss of his family, neighbors and friends
Motorcycles and burned houses are cordoned off at the seaside resort of Mati, in the east of Attica. deadly fires swept the region earlier in the week on July 27, 2018.
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"There is less of us now than usual, said the bishop." It is the victims of the recent fire who have disappeared – friends, relatives and acquaintances, people we see every day in the city and on the beach
Maria Nikolaou, 74, began to clean up this week after the A high-speed forest fire passed through his neighborhood. His car was emptied, and in a few minutes, his whole neighborhood was devoured.
"The trees were falling everywhere, I was so scared," she told CBS News. But she still had to flee her neighborhood.
His son, Dimitris Gaveras, fears that his mother died there had not forced her to flee to the beach. "I took my mother by force," he said.
Another resident said that she managed to narrowly escape the fire that killed other people in their cars and their homes. "I came to pray for those who were lost and I pray that God will bless us all," said Angeliki Galiatsatou.
Dozens of volunteer divers, including retired sailors, continued to search the sea Sunday at Mati.
The Greek authorities stated that they had reason to believe that the fire had been caused by arson and that they had become so deadly that winds up to 100 kilometers to the hour were blowing seaside resorts A man cleans his damaged house in the village of Neos Voutzas, near Athens, on July 28, 2018, after the worst fires in Greece had killed 88 children, many of them children, July 23.
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The Greek government has also been criticized for the way buildings and roads have been developed in the area and a presumed lack of adequate preparation for the fire season. More than 2,000 homes were damaged and about a quarter will have to be demolished, Greek officials said Friday.
The Holy Synod, made up of all the Greek Bishops, said in a letter to the memorial service on Sunday that everyone wears
"What words of comfort can you offer to the person who has lost his father , his mother, the grandparents in whose arms their grandchildren were found? Kyrillos said. "What words of comfort can you offer to a mother who has lost her baby and left some flowers on the beach?"
Seth Doane contributed to this report.
