A state of emergency has been declared in Greece as the death toll from raging forest fires across the country increased to 49.
Officials say many more people are thought to be trapped as the fires sweep the Peloponnese region.
Campaigning for the country's general election has been suspended.
It is suspected that some of the 170 fires were started deliberately.
The Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis has said the culprits will be brought to justice.
France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands have offered to help, following a Greek request for EU assistance on Friday, in particular for water-bombing aircraft.
Fire services in Greece are battling 87 forest fires. The death toll from the blazes rose today as search parties of soldiers and firefighters discovered more charred bodies in cars, homes and the countryside.
A monastery has been evacuated and the main highway between Athens and its international airport is blocked off after two new forest fires broke out.
The Prime Minister Karamanlis called the situation 'an unspeakable tragedy'.
The country is experiencing some of its worst wildfires in a decade, with temperatures hitting 41 degrees Celsius.
