The Greek government has arrested 140 people with wildfire-related charges, including 79 charged with arson.
At least 21 people have died and 79 others have been arrested and charged with arson as wildfires continue through Greece, according to officials, as the ongoing fire now ranks as the largest ever in the European Union.The Hellenic Fire Service—Greece’s nationwide fire department—said Friday the death toll rose by one, after officials recovered a man’s body from the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park near the Turkish border on Thursday.
to the European Commission, which noted the fires are “now the largest wildfires on record that the E.U. has faced.” Greek Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias—who condemned those arrested as “arsonist scum”—said the Greek government has arrested 140 people with wildfire-related charges, including 79 charged with arson,
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