Greek wildfire death toll climbs to 60: officials

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ATHENS, July 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – 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 told AFP.

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