Greece to compensate fire-stricken households near Athens

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows a charred forest area on a hillside next to houses, following a wildfire, in Dionysos, near Athens, Greece, August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said on Tuesday it would offer emergency compensation totalling millions of euros to hundreds of households and businesses affected by a blaze that killed one woman and torched 10,000 hectares near Athens.

The blaze began on Aug. 11 near the town of Varnavas, 35 km (22 miles) from the capital, and within a day reached the city's northern suburbs on the slopes of Mount Penteli, one of the last forests near Athens.