dpa
Athens
Greek authorities on Tuesday announced measures to assist displaced people driven from their homes by catastrophic fires near Athens in recent days, as the country’s European Union partners offered assistance to combat the deadly blazes.
Homes, businesses and farms have been destroyed or severely damaged over an area of around 100 square kilometres after high winds caused a devastating blaze on Sunday.
Early on Tuesday, the emergency services recovered the body of a woman from a burnt-out factory, Greek media reported. She is the sole fatality recorded in the incident so far. More than 40 settlements have been evacuated since Sunday.
The Civil Protection Ministry has drawn up an assistance plan along with other departments providing immediate financial support of up to $11,000 to people whose homes have been damaged on destroyed. The European Commission announced it was activating a system for European countries to help Greece and Albania battle the fires.
