When the fire started, people were at work and they couldn’t go back to the house so it was impossible for them to reach their pets,’ explains Nena Ververoglou, one of the many animal rescue volunteers working tirelessly to try to save as many creatures as she can.

The rescue dog is thought to have been tortured and beaten by his previous owners (Picture: Joanne Lowen) But Menios is now settling in to a loving and warm home (Picture: Joanne Lowen)Most of the time it cannot spread outside but once it breaks out onto the breast tissue it can occasionally spread to other parts of the body.

“While trimming the trees, my dad found himself with a lot of dead branches, and knowing from experience how hard it can be to find a good stick, and that the new dog park was opening soon, he had the idea that he would save them and put them in some kind of box,” Reece told Metro.