Firefighters battle last remaining blaze

FIREFIGHTERS battled the country’s last big blaze in southern Greece yesterday after managing to bring under control hundreds of others that for one week ravaged large parts of the country and killed at least 64 people.

The Finance Ministry put the preliminary cost of the damage at a minimum of about 0.6% of gross domestic product, or £800 million (€1.2 billion).

There were fears that a new heat wave accompanied by strong winds expected over the weekend could feed smaller fires or rekindle those that smouldered around Greece.