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Turkey pledges help as Greece fights against deadly fire
Turkey pledges help as Greece fights against deadly fire
Turkey has said it is ready to help its neighbor Greece fight against a growing fire in the eastern part of Athens that has left dozens of people dead. Click through for the story in photos...
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu called his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias early July 24 and offered Turkey’s assistance in putting out the deadly fire, according to Greek media. (Photo: REUTERS/Costas Baltas)
Later on July 24, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Erdoğan expressed his “deep sorrow” over the deaths from the wildfires. He also extended condolences to the people of Greece and wished a quick recovery for those who were injured in the fires. “We share Greece’s pain,” Erdoğan said, while offering help. (Photo: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis)
Here are more photos from the deadly fire in Greece... (Photo: REUTERS/Costas Baltas)
A house burns following a wildfire at Neos Voutzas, near Athens, Greece, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Rescuers and volunteers push an inflatable boat as locals are evacuated during a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A man walks among burnt cars following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
People try to extinguish a wildfire burning next to a church in the town of Rafina, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
Rescuers arrive at the area where bodies were found following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Locals try to extinguish a fire at a nearby house as a wildfire burns at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Smoke blankets a highway as a wildfire burns in Kineta, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Rescuers wait at the area where bodies were found following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Burned cars are seen outside a damaged house in Rafina, east of Athens, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Gale-fanned wildfires raged through holiday resorts near Greece's capital, killing at least 24 people by early Tuesday and injuring more than 100, including 11 in serious condition, in the country's deadliest fire season in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Firefighters inspect a burned compound as victims of the wildfire lie on the ground in Mati, east of Athens, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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