A woman who lost her six-month-old baby in Greece’s worst ever wildfires last month died in hospital on Friday, the country’s health ministry said.
The 35-year-old woman, who was the wife of a firefighter called from their home on July 23 to fight the ferocious blaze, died of burn injuries, the ministry added.
The fires that ravaged coastal resorts near Athens has left scores of dead, but conflicting official figures have spread confusion as to how many were killed.
Following the latest death, there are now 40 adult burns patients still being treated in hospital, nine of them in ICUs, while one child is being held for treatment at the Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital. The number of people who have died in hospital has now increased to five.
According to the latest announcement by the fire brigade on Thursday evening, the Hellenic Police forensics laboratory has been able to confirm the identities of 81 dead bodies. There are also two bodies with available DNA that cannot be identified, who have not been sought by family members.
One more person has been reported missing by a friend.
According to the authorities, one of the yet-to-be identified bodies may be that of the missing person but no family member has been found to confirm this through comparative DNA analysis.
The second unidentified body on which there has been DNA analysis belongs to an unknown person not reported missing, since all the other persons reported missing have been accounted for.
The police forensics lab has not fully concluded its investigation, which is expected to finish on Friday, but police do not expect any further information to arise.
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