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Porto Germeño wildfire damage inspections aftermath response
The In early August 2026 inspections expanded the earlier General Directorate for Disaster Impact Restoration completed a region‑wide assessment of the Porto Germeño wildfire’s impact. Building surveys across Western Attica covered wildfires. Inspectors examined 325 structures, buildings, classifying 88 as safe, 119 as needing repairs and 118 as unsafe or uninhabitable. In the The hardest‑hit Porto Germeño area, zone saw 82 properties were examined: surveyed: 40 demolition‑worthy, slated for demolition, 37 marked red (unsafe) and 29 yellow (requiring repairs). (repair‑needed). Inspection teams grew from seven to eleven to record damage and trigger compensation procedures. The municipality, together with Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Evangelos Tournas visited, reaffirmed rapid aid, and the General Directorate for Disaster Impact Restoration, has municipality issued guidance and application forms for emergency aid, assistance, temporary housing and reconstruction grants. Residents Damage files are now instructed being collected for state‑funded compensation. Parallel to submit damage files the building surveys, volunteer groups mobilised on 6 August to local authorities, after which rescue animals trapped by the state will process compensation claims and aim for prompt payments covering basic needs and rebuilding costs. Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Evangelos Tournas visited flames. Stray Pulse, the site, met with mayor Armodios Drikos Volunteer Action of Veterinarians of Greece and local residents, other volunteers used boats and reaffirmed the government’s commitment fire‑fighting vessels to rapid assistance. The ongoing work builds on earlier efforts that evacuated free dozens of pets and stray animals, established providing first‑aid before transferring them to clinics. A severely burned dog received intensive veterinary care and will be moved to a specialized clinic. These animal‑rescue actions build on earlier evacuations and the temporary shelter in set up at Vilia stadium, and completed 82 initial inspections that identified 40 demolition‑worthy and 42 uninhabitable homes. extending the overall recovery effort in Porto Germeño.