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3 young brothers dead in Greek house fire

Published: December 8, 2012 Comment on this article

photo - Firefighters try to extinguish the fire in a burning house where 3 boys lost their lives in a fire, burning in the village of Mesoropi in northern Greece, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Giorgos Tsimirikas, his wife and his 6 youngest children were spending the weekend at his parents' house when the fire broke out early Saturday, caused by a wooden stove. The house had central heating but the owners used a stove because of the steep rise in the price of heating oil as a result of the Greek government's recent fiscal measures. (AP Photo/Haris Iordanidis)

Firefighters try to extinguish the fire in a burning house where 3 boys lost their lives in a fire, burning in the village of Mesoropi in northern Greece, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Giorgos Tsimirikas, his wife and his 6 youngest children were spending the weekend at his parents' house when the fire broke out early Saturday, caused by a wooden stove. The house had central heating but the owners used a stove because of the steep rise in the price of heating oil as a result of the Greek government's recent fiscal measures. (AP Photo/Haris Iordanidis)

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As a result, the cost of heating oil has increased almost 40 percent, leaving many Greek families — whose incomes have already taken a big hit from years of recession, fiscal austerity and soaring unemployment — no option but to switch to cheaper forms of heating.

Bozoudis and other villagers of Mesoropi, contacted by phone, said that this incident would not have happened if the family still used heating oil and wondered how many more accidents like that would take place across the country.

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Demetris Nellas contributed to this report from Athens, Greece.

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