Abrar Hussain: After last month’s deadly wildfire near its capital, Greece appointed new heads of key emergency services, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office on Sunday. It said that the heads of the police force and fire brigade had been replaced by their deputies.
It comes two days after the resignation of the civil protection minister.
The Greek government has been strongly criticized over its response to the wildfires, which claimed the lives of at least 90 people. Fanned by strong winds, the flames spread through the Attica Peninsula.
Eyewitnesses claimed that hundreds of people were forced into the sea when the fires approached, while others were still trapped by the flames. In one area, the bodies of 26 aduclts and children were found.
The government has blamed the fires on arsonists and illegal construction blocking escape routes. However, a catalogue of errors in the authorities’ handing of the fires emerged earlier this week.
-Source: BBC