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A 95-year-old woman injured in last month's deadly East Attica fires has died in hospital, raising the official death toll to 91. She was being treated at the intensive care unit of Thriasio hospital in Elefsina but succumbed to her injuries...

The Greek government has replaced the heads of the Hellenic Police and the Fire Department in light of the recent blazes in East Attica that left 91 people dead and dozens injured. The replacements follow Friday's resignation of Deputy Citizen...

An 85-year-old man who was being treated in the intensive care unit of Athens’ Evangelismos hospital for burns suffered in July’s deadly blaze passed away on Sunday. His death raises the number of confirmed fatalities to 90. On Saturday night a...

A 55 year-old woman died of her injuries sustained at the deadly fire in Mati, east of Athens on July 23. The woman was pronounced dead at Athens' Evangelismos hospital on Saturday evening. Her death brings the number of fatalities to...

Twelve days after the devastating fire east of Athens, the exact death toll was still unclear as the National Observatory of Athens published a map on Friday showing that 70 percent of the land in the seaside area of...

On the aftermath of the unprecedented tragedy from the deadly fire in Mati, the devastated town east of Athens, Greeks from all over the world joined forces to help the victims. The Greek Diaspora in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany...

Nikos Toskas, the Citizens' Protection Minister, resigned from his post on Friday following the deadly fires that devastated resorts in eastern Attica on July 23. Toskas, who was under fire for the ineffective and uncoordinated way Greek emergency services coped...

The Greek Civil Protection Agency has warned of very high risk of fires in several parts of Greece on Saturday. Attica, the Northern Aegean Region (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Ikaria), the Southern Aegean Region (Cyclades), Central Greece Region (Viotia, Evia, Skyros)...

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...

The fire-stricken residents of Mati struggle to bring their lives back to normal, but it is a process that moves agonizingly slow. The magnitude and complexity of the disaster have made the next day very frustrating for the survivors of...