In pictures: Wildfires devastate Greek region
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Wildfires in Greece's Attica region have killed dozens of people.
Many of the victims were trapped in the village of Mati, 40km (25 miles) north-east of Athens, and died either in their homes or their cars. This village in the Rafina region is popular with tourists.

Smoke rises over a motorway in Neo Voutsa, a suburb of Athens

The sky turned orange as smoke spread over the beach town of Kineta in west Attica

A firefighting helicopter flies over the town of Rafina on Attica's eastern coast, where fires are a recurring problem in the summer

Greece's prime minister has declared a state of emergency in Attica.

The government has asked other EU countries for helicopters and additional firefighters

The fire was particularly deadly in Mati, where 26 bodies were found just 15m (50ft) from the sea

Emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate residents and tourists stranded along the coast

People ran into the water to escape the blaze


With temperatures set to soar again, Greece is in a race against time to get the fires under control

A spokesperson for the International Federation of the Red Cross told the BBC some people had lost everything

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