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Dog that survived Greek wildfire is rescued from brick oven

Dog that survived Greek wildfire is rescued from brick oven | iNFOnews.ca
A poster of a missing dog is placed on electricity pole in Mati, east of Athens, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, ten days after the wildfire. The bodies of 76 people killed by Greece's deadliest wildfire in decades have been identified, authorities said Tuesday, as forensic experts kept working to identify more remains recovered from the charred resort area. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

ATHENS, Greece – A dog that survived last week’s devastating wildfire in Greece has been rescued from an outdoor brick oven where it found refuge after the deadly blaze.

Video made public after the July 25 rescue shows volunteers coaxing the frightened and battered-looking animal out of the brick structure, which stood outside a house in the coastal Mati district near Athens.

The area was ravaged by the July 23 blaze, which killed around 90 people.

Volunteers have been combing Mati for animals injured or lost after the fires, locating and treating dozens.

Artemis Kyriakopoulou, who found the dog in the oven, said it appeared to be a stray and is about four years old.

It’s been named “Loukoumaki,” after a kind of sweet.

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