Greek Minister Resigns After Criticism of Wildfire Response

Greek Minister Resigns After Criticism of Wildfire Response
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, and Greek public order minister Nikos Toskas attend a ceremony in Athens on March 3, 2018. Yannis Liakos/InTime News via AP, file
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ATHENS, Greece—Greece’s public order minister resigned Friday over the deadly forest fire that killed at least 88 people in a seaside area near Athens last week, after spending days defending the way authorities had handled the disaster.

A government statement said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Nikos Toskas and accepted his resignation.