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Greece is in dialogue with Israel and the Arab world and is trustworthy, according to Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis speaking at the 27th Annual Economist Roundtable Discussion in Lagonisi, Attica, on Tuesday. 

An Athens prosecutor has ordered an investigation into official complaints and a storm of social media claims concerning the deaths of more than a dozen cats and dogs at a privately run shelter for strays in Lagonisi, East Attica, that was consumed by Monday's big wildfire.

Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens on Monday forcing residents to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of children from a summer camp.

The United States Mission in Greece issued an alert over the raging wildfires in eastern Attica and Loutraki.

The Greek fire service on Friday ordered the evacuation of several homes in Lagonisi, east Attica, after strong winds pushed a blaze that had started in low-lying brush on an empty plot towards the town's residential area.

A blaze that burned dry grass and bushes around the seaside residential town of Lagonisi in southwestern Attica on Saturday afternoon was in recession and was expected to be brought under full control in the next few hours, the fire department said.

Municipal authorities evacuated the seaside residential town of Lagonisi in southwestern Attica on Saturday after a fire broke out in the area shortly after 1 p.m.
The fire service said the blaze was burning dry grass and bushe, adding "there is no immediate danger" for the houses in the area. A large unit of 30 firemen were dispatched along with two water-dropping aircraft.

A firefighter douses a burnt-out firetruck as another stands by, following a wildfire that broke out in Lagonissi, east of Athens, Thursday. The fire burned one house and injured four firefighters.

Two water-dumping aircraft and three helicopters joined ground crews in the battle against a large wildfire in Kalyvia, eastern Attica, at first light on Tuesday morning.