Fires started to spread on Sunday (July 23) down the Attica coast, east of Athens, engulfing the holiday village of Mati where dozens are understood to have died.
A state of emergency has been enforced, with Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras declaring three days of national mourning.
Greece’s fire authority confirmed on Wednesday morning (July 25) 79 people were now known to have died.
The wildfires are the worst to hit the country since August 2007 when flames gripped the southern Peloponnese peninsula, killing dozens.
