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'Mati No Longer Exists': Biblical Catastrophe Devastates Greek Resort (video)


Rescue workers in Greece continued to search charred homes and burned-out cars Wednesday as the toll from some of the worst wildfires this century is expected to rise from at least 76 dead and 187 injured.
Many people fled to the sea to try to escape the flames as they tore through the seaside resort of Mati, east of Athens, stoked by high winds, reducing pine forests to ash and devouring thousands of buildings.
“Mati no longer exists,” said the mayor of nearby Rafina, Evangelos Bournous, adding that more than a thousand buildings and 300 cars had been damaged.

According to the mayor of Marathon, Ilias Psinakis, around 3,000 homes have been destroyed by the blaze at the seaside resorts of Mati and Rafina.
He also revealed that his own house was torched.
Mati is popular with local tourists, especially pensioners and children attending holiday camps.
Winds of above 100 kilometres per hour (60 mph) in Mati caused a “sudden progression of fire” throughout the village.
All the survivors talk about the speed of the flames. It’s hard to imagine, but flames in wild fires flow across landscapes almost like water.
On Monday, Mati was a bustling holiday haven. Now, it’s home to an almost-apocalyptic scene.


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