Μake us preferred on Google Inspection teams assessing damage from last week’s wildfire in the Porto Germeno area of western Attica prefecture have found extensive destruction, with nearly half of the homes examined so far deemed beyond repair, as the government rolled out financial assistance for affected residents and businesses on the same day.
Officials from the climate crisis and civil protection ministry inspected 82 homes during the first day of assessments in Porto Germeno, a coastal settlement, concluding that 40 had sustained such severe damage that they were classified as uninhabitable and slated for demolition. Local residents’ representatives said the findings confirmed fears that the wildfire had caused widespread structural damage, adding that many of the remaining homes requiring major repairs were also in poor condition.
The remains of a burnt vehicle after a wildfire in Porto Germeno, Greece, August 3, 2026. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas.
They also warned that attention must now turn to preventing secondary disasters once the rainy season begins. With large sections of nearby Mt. Cithaeronas stripped of vegetation, they said the loss of trees on steep ravines has significantly increased the risk of flash flooding and mudslides, urging authorities to accelerate anti-flood protection projects before the winter.
Meanwhile, the government has activated a package of state aid announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to support wildfire victims as damage assessments continue across the country. The assistance includes emergency grants for households, compensation for damaged homes and household belongings, rental subsidies for families displaced from homes deemed unsafe, reconstruction assistance for destroyed residences and a three-year property tax exemption for affected properties.
Additional measures provide financial assistance to businesses and farmers, including grants covering a substantial share of losses, temporary suspension of tax and social security obligations and relief from enforcement measures.
State-affiliated engineering teams continue inspecting damaged properties in affected areas. Surveys have already been completed in Boeotia (Viotia) prefecture, in south-central Greece; Argolis (Argolida), in the northeast Peloponnese; western Achaia, in northwestern Peloponnese; Aigialeia, also along the northern Peloponnese coast; and Fokida, in central Greece.
Inspections remain underway in western Attica and Rethymno prefecture on the island of Crete.
Authorities said additional inspection teams will be deployed to the Vilia municipality in western Attica on Thursday to accelerate the documentation of wildfire damage and speed up assistance to affected residents.
