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Nearly Half of Inspected Homes in Fire-Battered Area Declared Uninhabitable
['George Manettas']
tovima.com
Local residents’ representatives said the findings confirmed fears that the wildfire had caused widespread structural damage, adding that many of the remaining homes requiring major repairs were also in poor condition.
They also warned that attention must now turn to preventing secondary disasters once the rainy season begins.
Surveys have already been completed in Boeotia (Viotia) prefecture, in south-central Greece; Argolis (Argolida), in the northeast Peloponnese; western Achaia, in northwestern Peloponnese; Aigialeia, also along the northern Peloponnese coast; and Fokida, in central Greece.
Inspections remain underway in western Attica and Rethymno prefecture on the island of Crete.
Authorities said additional inspection teams will be deployed to the Vilia municipality in western Attica on Thursday to accelerate the documentation of wildfire damage and speed up assistance to affected residents.