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A Roma man has been arrested for looting a house burned by the Attica fire in Penteli, police officers patrolling areas of northeastern Attica have said.

A total of 649 citizens who were evacuated during the large fire that broke out on Sunday were temporarily housed in 39 Attica Region hotels, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection at the Climate Crisis Ministry said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a meeting at the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection on Tuesday afternoon to address the recent fire in Attica and discuss state-supported restoration efforts for the affected areas.