Greece wildfire burned through 40 square miles of land

A damaged house is seen in Penteli, a suburb of Athens following the wildfire (Petros Giannakouris/AP/PA)

A wildfire which left one person dead and gutted scores of homes in Greece burned about 40 square miles of land north-east of Athens, according to a European Union satellite mapping agency.

The Copernicus Emergency Management Service announced the damage estimate on Wednesday, a day after the wildfire was contained in a massive effort that ended on the outskirts of the capital.