At least 50 people have been killed - half of them in a single village - and more than 170 injured in huge forest fires in Greece amid a sweltering heatwave.
One of the youngest victims was thought to be a six-month-old baby who died of smoke inhalation.
One of the survivors in Mati, where at least 26 people were killed, said her village "doesn't even exist anymore" after she managed to flee, passing victims' corpses on the floor during her "lucky" escape.
Rescuers described a tragic scene as the victims in Mati were found tightly huddled in a field about 30 metres from the beach.
Authorities were also investigating reports that up to 10 tourists, possibly Danish, were missing after heading out on a boat to escape the flames and smoke.
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A house is threatened by a huge blaze during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens 
Greece has issued a desperate appeal for help from the EU, saying it needed air and land assets as the Attica region was engulfed in some of the worst fires the country has seen in a decade.
Officials said at least 50 people were dead and at least 172 were injured - 156 adults and 16 children - as fires raged uncontrolled,destroying homes, disrupting major transport links and trapping many victims as they tried to flee.
The fire in Mati village, 18 miles east of Athens, was by far the country's worst since flames devastated the southern Peloponnese peninsula in August 2007, killing at least 26.
A man walks among burnt cars following a wildfire at the village of Mati 
Beach facilities were destroyed in Kineta, west of Athens 
One woman told Greece's Skai TV: "Mati doesn't even exist as a settlement anymore. I saw corpses, burned-out cars. I feel lucky to be alive."
Mati is in the Rafina region - a favourite for tourists - where some people were stranded on a beach, and boats were picking up individuals who had jumped into the water to protect themselves from the blaze.
The coastguard later said the bodies of four more people were retrieved from the sea.
A firefighter wears a flame resistant uniform in Rafina 
Smoke from wildfires drifts over the Parthenon temple in Athens 
Fires were raging in a densely-populated area to the east of Athens, and to the west. Smoke drifted over the Parthenon in Athens.
Reuters witnesses reported seeing a hillside of homes gutted by flames to the east of the capital. A local mayor said he saw at least 100 homes burning, and 200 vehicles.
Greek authorities urged residents of a coastal region west of Athens to abandon their homes as a wildfire burned ferociously, closing one of Greece's busiest motorways, halting train links and sending plumes of smoke over the capital. The cause is unknown.
A man tries to put out flames at Kineta, near Athens 
The shell of a house destroyed by fire in the town of Kineta 
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras cut short a visit to Bosnia because of the crisis, which has stretched Greece's firefighting abilities to full capacity.
"We will do whatever is humanly possible to control it," said Tsipras.
But he hinted that so many fires at once needed further scrutiny.
"I'm concerned at the simultaneous outbreaks both east and west of Attica," he said.
A firefighter reacts as a house burns during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens 
Cyprus has already offered to send fire engines and personnel.
Wildfires are not uncommon in Greece, but a relatively dry winter created tinderbox conditions.
The army was drafted in on Monday afternoon to help fight the blazes.
A firefighting helicopter flies over an avenue during a forest fire in Neo Voutsa, a northeast suburb of Athens 

Some flights, mainly landings, were disrupted on Monday afternoon by low visibility and diverted elsewhere, air traffic controllers said.
Authorities were looking for a vessel with up to 10 individuals who had fled the Rafina area on a boat, then called a Danish emergency number for assistance, a coastguard official said.
Another 80 people were rescued after being stranded on the water's edge away from the flames.
Dozens of people have been killed by the forest fires 
Authorities deployed more than 200 firefighters and 60 engines from across Greece to deal with the massive blaze at Kineta, a small resort town about 54 km (35 miles) west of Athens on a route tens of thousands of drivers use daily to reach the Peloponnese.
A senior fire chief went on state TV to appeal to people to leave the area after some tried to stay in their properties.
"People should leave, close up their homes and just leave.
A firefighting helicopter flies over a wildfire in Rafina 
Achilleas Tzouvaras said: "People cannot tolerate so much smoke for so many hours. This is an extreme situation."
Dozens of homes were thought to have been damaged or destroyed by the blaze.
Some householders took up hosepipes to douse the fires while police assisted with the evacuation of some areas.

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The main Athens-Corinth motorway, one of two road routes to the Peloponnese peninsula, was shut and train services were
cancelled.
Raging across land around the Saronicos Gulf, the blaze ravaged tracts of pine forest and was visible for miles.
An ominous cloud of black-orange smoke hung over the Acropolis hill and the Parthenon temple in Athens on Monday afternoon.
Live footage showed thick plumes of smoke hanging low over Rafina, an area east of Athens which has a population of at least 20,000.
Evangelos Bournous, mayor of the Rafina-Pikermi area, said: "I personally saw at least 100 homes in flames.
"I saw it with my eyes, it is a real total catastrophe."
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