Death toll in Greece wildfires climbs to 60

The death toll from the wildfire ravaging the seaside areas around Athens has increased to 60 in Greece’s deadliest blaze in more than a decade, a local official tells AFP.

“We have counted 60 dead,” Myron Tsagarakis, a local official in Rafina, the largest town in the area most affected by the fires, tells AFP, confirming earlier reports by local media.

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