PM apologises as Greece counts costs of wildfire catastrophe

FILE PHOTO: A damaged farm is seen following a wildfire in the village of Lasdikas near ancient Olympia, Greece, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

PEFKI, Greece (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologised on Monday for failures in tackling the devastating wildfires that have burned across Greece for the past week as the country counted the cost in lost homes and livelihoods.

As fires burned unabated in many parts of the country for a seventh day, the biggest front was on Evia, Greece's second-biggest island located just off the mainland east of Athens.