In pictures: Wildfires devastate Greek region

Wildfires in Greece's Attica region have killed dozens of people.

Many of the victims were trapped in the village of Mati, 40km (25 miles) north-east of Athens, and died either in their homes or their cars. This village in the Rafina region is popular with tourists.

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Image caption, Smoke rises over a motorway in Neo Voutsa, a suburb of Athens

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Image caption, The sky turned orange as smoke spread over the beach town of Kineta in west Attica

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Image caption, A firefighting helicopter flies over the town of Rafina on Attica's eastern coast, where fires are a recurring problem in the summer

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Image caption, Greece's prime minister has declared a state of emergency in Attica.

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Image caption, The government has asked other EU countries for helicopters and additional firefighters

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Image caption, The fire was particularly deadly in Mati, where 26 bodies were found just 15m (50ft) from the sea

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Image caption, Emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate residents and tourists stranded along the coast

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Image caption, People ran into the water to escape the blaze

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Image caption, With temperatures set to soar again, Greece is in a race against time to get the fires under control

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Image caption, A spokesperson for the International Federation of the Red Cross told the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ some people had lost everything

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