Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Fires, New Democracy, PASOK-KINAL, SYRIZA

Opposition parties are demanding accountability from the government, after what they claim was a disastrous response to multiple wildfires which burned thousands of hectares of forest and farmland, encroaching into villages and suburbs, over the last 48 hours.

The latest assessment of the damage carried out by the Athens Observatory shows over 10,000 hectares were affected by fires across western Greece and on the east Aegean island of Chios. Some of the fronts remain active, including one threatening Greece’...

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