Greeks Seek Answers as Fire Toll Mounts

Greeks Seek Answers as Fire Toll Mounts
Aerial view of the area after a wildfire, in Mati, Greece July 24, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Flygreecedrone/via Reuters
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MATI, Greece—Sorrow became tinged with anger in Greece on July 26 as rescuers searched scorched land and the coastline for survivors, three days after a wildfire destroyed a small town outside Athens and killed at least 83 people.

Desperate relatives appeared on television to plead for information on those missing, while other residents of Mati asked why authorities had been unable to prevent so many of their neighbors from getting trapped by a wall of flame in streets with no exit route.