Facing criticism over 'inadequate' fire-fighting support, Greek PM Mitsotakis apologises to the nation and approves a $587 million package of aid for areas devastated in wildfires
Greek premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologises for"any weaknesses" shown in addressing emergency and pledges compensation for all affected, and a huge reforestation and regeneration effort.
PM Mitsotakis went on television late on Monday to make a public apology and promised that mistakes would be identified and rectified but called for unity. He approved a $587 million package of aid for Evia and the Attica region around Athens. Ministers were due to meet on Tuesday to discuss further support measures.More than 500 fires burning
"The fire was the biggest catastrophe for the village," he said. "People lived off resin production and the olive trees." The fires broke out last week during Greece's worst heatwave in three decades, with searing temperatures and dry heat causing tinder box conditions. "It's sad. All my childhood memories are burned right now," said Richard Konstantine Allen, who lives in Athens but went back to try to save his property. In Athens, officials began to assess the damage from a blaze which tore through several suburbs north of the city last week before beginning to recede on Saturday.
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