Woman, toddler die in Easter Sunday blaze

A 37-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were killed in a fire that broke out in their home in the Athens suburb of Aghios Dimitrios on Easter Sunday.

Firefighters rushed to the scene after reports of thick smoke billowing from the building. Firemen recovered the woman and boy from the house and ambulance transferred them to the hospital but they were declared dead on arrival.

It remained unclear what caused the blaze.