Death toll rises as wildfire ravages Greece - in pictures

Fire swept through the Greece coastline killing 50

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At least 50 people died and more than 100 were injured when a wildfire swept through a small resort in eastern Greece, with many victims trapped by flames as they fled.

The fire in Mati, about 30 kilometres east of Athens, was by far the country's worst since flames devastated the southern Peloponnese peninsula in 2007, killing dozens.

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