Woman who lost baby in Greek wildfires dies

Athens : A woman who lost her six-month-old baby in Greece’s worst ever wildfires last month died in hospital yesterday, the country’s health ministry said. The 35-year-old woman, who was the wife of a firefighter called from their home on July 23 to fight the ferocious blaze, died of burn injuries, the ministry added.

Officials indicated last week that more than 90 people had died, but the toll has now been revised down to 88. Police said the bodies of 81 people had been positively identified, while two remain unidentified and five people have died in hospital. Another 40 people including a child remain in hospital, nine of them critical. Opposition parties have accused the government of failing to provide adequate warning and evacuate an area frequently hit by wildfires.