Dog survives wildfire in oven
A dog managed to survive the recent deadly wildfires in Greece by hiding in an outside oven as flames devastated the town of Mati.
Loukoumakis, a white poodle-cross, was found by animal rescue volunteer Artemis Kyriakopoulou as she scoured the resort last week.
The four-year-old pet had crawled into a brick-built oven to escape the blaze and had apparently cowered there as flames engulfed the town.
Kyriakopoulou lured the dog out with a tin of dog food.
The terrified animal’s fur was singed yellow.
The blaze on 23 July left at least 91 people dead and is thought to have killed hundreds of pets and strays as it swept through the seaside town.
Loukoumakis has now been groomed and put on a course of antibiotics and is said to be making a slow but steady recovery.
