Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis and Olympiacos have announced they are giving 1m euro to help with the relief effort in the face of wildfires which have so far killed 74 people in Greece.

The club, who like Forest are owned by Marinakis, are opening accounts at three Greek banks to let people donate to the fund they have started with the hefty donation.

A statement on the Olympiacos website said they feel the grief of the nation, adding: "The financial and full support of Mr Evangelos Marinakis (will be given) to the victims of the serious forest fires in (the affected area of) Attica.

"In these difficult times, all Greeks need to be united and stand next to our fellowmen who are being tested."

Fire service spokeswoman Stavroula Malliri today said that a further 164 adults and 23 children are still being treated in hospitals for injuries after the fires broke out near Athens.

One of the fires began to the west of Athens near the town of Kineta, with another starting to the north-east near the port of Rafina - the latter seeing the worst of the casualties.

Both fires were fanned by gale-force winds that hampered firefighting efforts and sent hundreds of people fleeing to beaches, where they were evacuated by boat late at night.

Twenty-six of the dead were groups of families or friends found huddled together in Mati, near Rafina. Others swam out to sea to escape the inferno and some never came back.

Greece endures wildfires every year but the fires that broke out on Monday were the deadliest to hit the country in decades. Fuelled by gale-force winds, they trapped thousands of people on beaches, roads and in homes.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis at Loftus Road

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared three days of national mourning for those killed as officials feared the death toll could rise even further, as there is no definitive count of how many people are missing.

Greece sought international help through the European Union. Spain is sending two firefighting aircraft while Cyprus sent in 60 firefighters. Israel, Turkey and Bulgaria have also offered assistance.

Heavy rain is forecast across southern Greece on Wednesday, which it is hoped will boost the firefighting effort.