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The government will compensate homeowners and owners of production units whose houses or property has been damaged or destroyed by the wildfires raging around the country, a cabinet meeting chaired by Alexis Tsipras decided on Wednesday.

After four days and after the fire burned down Eastern Attica, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared and will visit the affected areas by helicopter.

The Fire Department distanced itself from the official government line and the official statements of top government officials that talk about an organized plan of arson across the country, yesterday.