[greece wild fire]REUTERS/Costas Baltas * 26 BODIES, SOME ADULTS AND CHILDREN, WERE FOUND HUDDLED TOGETHER IN THE RESORT TOWN OF MATI IN GREECE. * THE BODIES WERE FOUND JUST SEVERAL YARDS FROM THE SEA, AND WERE LIKELY TRYING TO ESCAPE VICIOUS FOREST FIRES THAT HAVE ENGULFED MUCH OF THE REGION. * AT LEAST 74 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND OVER A HUNDRED MORE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THE WORST WILDFIRES THE COUNTRY HAS SEEN IN A DECADE. ------------------------- 26 people were found dead in a resort town in Greece, huddled together after likely trying to escape vicious forest fires that have engulfed much of the region. Emergency crews discovered the bodies, some adults and children, just 32 yards (30 meters) from the sea near Mati, a popular seaside vacation destination east of Athens.SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDERNOW WATCH: I spent a day with Border Patrol agents at the US-Mexico border SEE ALSO: * Here's what it's like to visit Whittier, Alaska — the 'town under one roof' * A 58-story skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking — and residents say their multimillion-dollar condos are 'nearly worthless' * 20 NFL players who lost a ton of weight in retirement and how they did it SEE ALSO: DEVASTATING WILDFIRES IN GREECE KILL 74 WHILE DOZENS STRANDED ON THE BEACH WATCHED THEIR HOMES BURN
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