An emergency situation due to the fire of Athens, a victim

22.15 – Athens authorities report that one person was killed while more than 20 others were injured in a fire that destroyed about 100 homes and 200 vehicles during the day, Kathimerini .

21.30 – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras interrupts a visit to Bosnia due to an emergency situation in Athens

21.20 – Six people were injured in burns and no details are still known about their condition.

21.05 – An extraordinary situation in two areas near Athens, people captured on the beach in the nearby town of Mother

The deputy head of the Greek Relief Services, Militijadis Milonas, said on public television ERT a person was killed in fires in the eastern part of Attica, and 25 people were injured, including six in serious condition, MIA ].

According to the Greek media, 10 people tourists from Denmark, disappeared after fleeing a fire, jumped into a boat and headed for unknown lands

The Greek coastguard launched an action to find them and save them.

Greek authorities have asked local authorities near the capital Athens to leave their homes as wildfires raged.

As previously reported, Greece is asking the European Union's help to deal with forest fires that have destroyed homes and forced thousands of people from the perimeter of Athens to s & # 39; 39; escape.

The decision was made after what are the regional interests

The forest fires in which houses burned, furious on both sides of Athens, the population is fleeing, and the summer camps children have also been evacuated. Above Athens, ashes fall and the sky is smoked orange, [AP]

In the nearby town of Mother, the Coast Guard sent a patrol boat to evacuate people who were stuck on the beach because of the fire.

Regional Governor Rena Douro declared an emergency situation in East and West Attica and provided buses, tanks and other machinery fight against fire.

The first fire broke out today in a pine forest in the Geraneja Mountains, near the coastal settlement of Kineta, 50 kilometers west of Athens, in the region between Greece and Corinth.

AP states that the second major fire broke out during the afternoon in the Pentella area northeast of Athens.

The Greek authorities announced that a third fire had broken out in the southern part of the island of Crete and that it was burning the agricultural area and the forest.