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Fireman Asterios Tsiourvas put a cross on a Mount Penteli chapel that was damaged by last Monday's devastating East Attica fires. The chapel is located on Mount Penteli, near the point that the first fire started and close to Lyreio...

"I saved my child, but I lost my husband," said Flora Papaioannou, one of the hundreds of victims of the deadly East Attica fires. The woman who is hospitalized at Thriasio Hospital with severe burn wounds, spoke on Alpha television, barely...

A burned body was found floating by a fisherman off the coast of Vouliagmeni, a southeastern suburb of Athens, on Tuesday morning. The fisherman notified the coast guard, saying that the macabre finding was floating near the Fleves islet. The body...

The first lawsuit by a private citizen over the devastating fire in East Attica on July 23 was filed with the chief prosecutor of the Athens Appeals Court Antonios Liogas on Monday. The plaintiff is retired Greek Navy officer Panagiotis...

Detailed maps showing the extent of the burnt areas in eastern Attica were released on Monday, by the forest fires monitoring centre at the National Observatory of Athens. Using a system of Drones/UAV for high resolution spatial analysis, the centre...

Dozens of burned out cars from the inferno that engulfed the sea-side resort of Mati last Monday have been moved to an open field in the nearby town of Rafina. Those who survived the calamity are now faced with bureaucratic...

Greece' s Coast Guard on Monday recovered one more body from the sea near the resort of Mati, the epicenter of the deadly fires of last Monday. Reports suggest that the body belongs to a man. The latest find brings the...

The Greek government is under heavy criticism for the slow response of the state mechanism during the deadly East Attica fires. Now new testimonies imply that Alexis Tsipras was aware that there were deaths during the meeting with competent officials...

Greeks are expected to gather outside parliament to light candles in memory of those who lost their lives, on Monday. The silent gathering is being organized via social media by former basketball player Yiannis Gagaloudis. He calls on people to gather...

Volunteers combing the fire-stricken area of Mati for injured and lost animals discovered a dog that survived the inferno, hiding in an outdoor cooking chamber. The dog, despite appearances, is said to be in good health. Artemis Kyriakopoulou, who posted the video...