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Viewfinder: Surveying the Damage From the Wildfire Outside Athens, Greece

Pacific Standard Staff

July 25, 2018

An aerial view shows damage caused by a wildfire near the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24th, 2018.

An aerial view shows damage caused by a wildfire near the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24th, 2018. More than 70 have died and 170 have been injured in wildfires ravaging woodland and villages in the Athens region. The death toll soared with a Red Cross official reporting the discovery of 26 bodies in the courtyard of a villa at the seaside resort of Mati.

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