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Temperatures above 32 C (90 F) have extended to the northern reaches of Scandinavia, setting records in Sweden, Finland and Norway for stations above the Arctic Circle. Much of Europe, including Greece, has been baking under a high-pressure ridge that is allowing tropical heat to climb all the way to the Arctic. People take refuge Monday from the fires along the beach north of Mati.

It is also opening bank accounts so fans can make donations. Greek soccer team Olympiacos and owner Evangelos Marinakis are donating 1 million euros (about $1.2 million) to help people affected by the wildfires, the club said Tuesday. Government spokesman Tzanakopoulos suggested Tuesday that the Attica blazes could have been started deliberately and said that Greece had requested drones from the United States to detect any “suspicious activity.”Īlso on Tuesday, the Greek government approved 20 million euros (about $23 million) to address the immediate needs of people and towns affected by the wildfires, the spokesman said. Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou has ordered an investigation into the causes of the fire. “The fight to save what can be saved, the fight to defeat the fire, the fight to find the missing so that we don’t mourn any more lives and we may soothe the pain of those affected.” “Now it is a time for mobilization and fighting,” he said. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday declared three days of mourning and urged people to focus on fighting the fires and helping the victims. Yannis Stratikopoulos of the civil protection agency rejected suggestions Tuesday that the emergency response had been badly coordinated. (Photo by Maja SUSLIN / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo credit should read MAJA SUSLIN/AFP/Getty Images) MAJA SUSLIN/AFP/Getty ImagesĮvacuations ordered in Sweden as fires rage as far north as Arctic Circle

TOPSHOT - Firefighters use a helicopter to tackle a forest fire burning near Ljusdal, Sweden on July 18, 2018. Tourists and locals stranded on the beach at Mati were taken by boat to Rafina, where buses transported them to hotels, Tzanakopoulos said.įollowing an appeal for help, some European Union countries, including Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Bulgaria, offered assistance in the form of firefighting planes, trucks and paramedics.Ĭhristos Stylianides, European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management, is in Athens to assist Greek authorities. Army and air force personnel and equipment were drafted to help, he said. Twelve port vessels were mobilized, along with a navy frigate, two gunships and three helicopters, Tzanakopoulos said, adding that 30 private vessels were also used in the rescue mission. Gusts of wind up to 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph) – the fastest recorded in Attica in eight summers – fanned the flames, which were further fueled by temperatures topping 37 degrees Celsius (99 F) and low humidity, creating ideal conditions for fires to spread rapidly, according to the National Observatory of Athens. Hundreds of firefighters were deployed Monday to battle the blazes in eastern Attica (the Mati area) and Kineta in western Attica, where two fires were still active Wednesday morning. More than 15 fires broke out on three fronts in that part of southern Greece on Monday afternoon, according to government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, who described the challenge to firefighters as unprecedented. The Greek coast guard told CNN’s Greek affiliate Tuesday it had no record of the twins’ whereabouts or condition.Ī member of a rescue team searches a burned house Wednesday in Mati.

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Speaking to Greek television Tuesday, he said he and their mother had searched for the girls in hospitals, police stations and even a morgue before seeing TV footage of them disembarking from a boat with other survivors.īut Yiannis Philippopoulos said he still has heard no news of the twins or of their grandparents, who were with the girls earlier. Two of the missing are 9-year-old twins Sofia and Vasiliki Philippopoulos, according to their father, Yiannis. Photos of some of them, including a young boy, have been posted on a missing persons website in hopes they can be located. The Greek fire service said it had received dozens of calls from relatives and friends of the missing.

The death toll, currently at 81, is expected to rise as firefighters and the armed forces search cars and apartment blocks in the area. Members of a rescue team carry an injured woman Wednesday in Mati.