Following the devastating fires that struck Attica on August 11, Greece’s Directorate for the Rehabilitation of Natural Disaster Victims has conducted a first sweeping round of inspections on properties in the affected area and found that the Attica fires have left 146 homes uninhabitable.
According to reports at TO VIMA, the inspections were carried out in the following areas around the country’s capital: Vrilissia, Dionysos, Marathonas, Megara, Pallini Penteli, Rafina-Pikermi, Chalandri and Oropos.
Quoting an official statement from the Government TO VIMA highlights that 227 inspections were carried out on 242 residential properties, 28 storage facilities, 3 public buildings and 4 commercial spaces.
Of the 146 houses classified as uninhabitable, 55 must be scheduled for demolition, 91 require temporary repair work and another 96 are habitable but have sustained minor damages.
Inspections of businesses impacted by the Attica fires are still underway and 31 businesses have been recorded as “impacted” so far, although it is unclear what this means.
More inspections are planned for today and the near future, so the abovementioned numbers are expected to increase.
Meteo.gr reported that the burned area had already reached approximately 100,000 acres after the fire, which began in Varnavas, northeast of Athens, rapidly spreading to multiple regions, including residential areas in the capital.
