AN Irish bride was in hospital last night and her new husband missing after they were caught up in the Greek wildfires.

Zoe Holohan and Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp were celebrating their honeymoon after getting hitched last Thursday.

11 Fears are growing for Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp, who is missing after he was separated from his new wife Zoe Credit: Facebook

11 Newlyweds Zoe Holohan and Brian O'Callaghan-Westropp

It’s believed that the couple became separated as they fled the horror blaze, which broke out in Mati on Monday afternoon.

Brian remained unaccounted for and Zoe was being treated in a local hospital for a serious burn injury.

Pals have spoken of their devastation at the news and described them as a wonderful couple who recently enjoyed their big day.

A guest who attended their wedding six days ago — at Clonabreany House in Co Meath — said: “You couldn’t meet a nicer couple and were just so happy together.

11 Zoe Holohan is recovering in hospital as she fled with her husband from the Greek wildfires Credit: @BurrellPR/Twitter

“It’s awful to think that they have been caught in such a terrible disaster.

“Everyone is just ­hoping that they are OK and are home soon.”

11 Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp was separated from his new wife in the blaze Credit: Facebook

11 Zoe Holohan is recovering in hospital

Last night a source told Dublin Live: “It was a scene of total chaos. They were forced to flee from their homes and into the inferno.

“They jumped into the boot of a passing car but the flames were raging on both sides.

“They were forced out of the vehicle and tried to make a run for it. In the smoke and the flames they became separated.

“She suffered burns to her head and hands and is now in a Greek hospital recovering. Her husband is missing.”

11 Flames engulf resort of Mati where 1,000 homes were destroyed Credit: AFP or licensors

11 Survivor surveys the devastation around her Credit: Reuters

A search for survivors is continuing today after the worst wildfire to hit Greece in more than a decade.

Huge, fast-moving flames trapped families with children as they tried to flee from Mati, 18 miles east of the Greek capital.

On Tuesday the bodies of 26 adults and children who apparently died embracing each other were found on a cliff top.

Irish woman Terry Corden, who lives near the wildfires, told RTE Radio One’s Liveline show yesterday: “People are missing — mothers and daughters, father and sons.

“People are putting up Facebook posts asking if people have seen their family members.

11 Tourists fled the flames and raced into the sea Credit: blitz

Horrifying drone video reveals the full scale of devastating wildfires wreaking havoc across Athens, Greece

“I don’t think we’ll know for a few days exactly how many people have died because a lot of people are missing . . .

“They’re finding bodies charred in the area.

“They found a group of about 25 people, mothers and children, who’d tried to run for it and didn’t make it and were found embracing each other . . .

“People died, people ran into the sea and some didn’t make it, they were literally just a few feet away, it’s horrendous.

11 Fires raging right up to the water's edge Credit: blitz

“I saw the news and I just cried, I heard firemen went into a house and found a mum and daughter — what can you say?

“People are burnt in their cars, beside their cars, I don’t think anyone has ever seen anything like this before, certainly not in Greece anyway.”

At least 74 people are believed to have died in the Greek seaside resort.

11 Inferno looms over a house Credit: AFP or licensors

Tourists drowned when their rescue boat capsized while others died trapped in their cars or unable to outrun the flames.

Some 187 people, including 23 kids, were taken to hospital with burns from Mati, 18 miles east of Athens.

Around 1,000 homes were also destroyed in the blaze, which officials believe may have been started deliberately.

11 Abandoned cars and burnt-out Credit: EPA

Hundreds escaped the fires, fanned by strong winds, by running into the sea.

But others did not make it and rescuers found 26 bodies, thought to be families, huddled together in a field 30 yards from the beach.

Nikos Economopoulos, of Greece’s Red Cross, said: “They tried to find an escape route but unfortunately these people and their kids didn’t make it in time.

“Instinctively, seeing the end nearing, they embraced.”

The youngest victim is said to be six months old.

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Coastguards rescued around 700 people from the water.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras announced three days of national mourning, saying: “Greece is going through an unspeakable tragedy.”

Irish Travel Agents Association boss Pat Dawson said: “Anyone due to travel imminently to the areas affected should speak to their travel company or accommodation provider.”