Where is the plan?

Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias struck a somber tone last week when he appeared on our television screens saying that the Fire Service and the police were in possession of camera footage showing an arsonist setting fire to dried brush in eastern Attica. He also claimed that the footage would be made public.

His announcement was welcomed, but there is just one issue. According to the Fire Service spokesman, the fire that caused such damage and chaos in Athens on June 19 started in low-lying brush along the side of the Vari-Koropi road. Given that Kikilias also said, in a post on Twitter, that the law regarding fires has become stricter and that causing a blaze through negligence is now being treated as a felony, we ask ourselves whether criminal prosecution has been launched or at least some kind of fine issued against the Attica Regional Authority for failing to...