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Lanterns released into the sea to commemorate Greece’s deadliest wildfire

Lanterns released into the sea to commemorate Greece’s deadliest wildfire

Six years after Greece’s deadliest wildfire in recent memory, survivors and relatives of the victims gathered in Mati, a seaside town in eastern Attica, to commemorate those who perished.

On Tuesday evening, 104 floating lanterns – one for each victim of the fire – were released into the sea.

In May, the Athens Appeals Prosecutor’s Office decided that twenty defendants in the 2018 fire case will face a new trial, as if they had never been acquitted or convicted.

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