Thanos Katsardyirs believes his father perished inside the car, alongside a neighbour, whilst trying to escape.
By the side of the roads in Mati there are still a few burnt out cars - most have been cleared away - but as we pass the carcass of yet another scorched vehicle, we notice something different.
Men are peering through what was once the window and searching inside.
They are wearing surgical gloves but they are not rescue workers, or a specialist forensic team.
They are just an ordinary family whose lives have been shattered by this disaster - and they are looking for answers.
The vehicle had swerved off the road.
He tells me he thinks the pair had lost consciousness, choking on the thick poisonous smoke before they crashed.
He is looking in the car now for evidence; for confirmation.
Anything that will tell him what happened to his father.
Vasilis, who was 70 years old and a mathematician, has not been seen since the flames ripped through this neighbourhood.
The last contact was a frantic phone call in which he explained that he was having to flee from his home.
Standing next to Thanos is his uncle through marriage, Nikos Nicopoulos.
His voice is unsteady as he tells me they have recovered human remains: they will now give them to the authorities for DNA testing.
"Our guess is that his father, my brother in law and the neighbour were in the car trying to escape and perished here. Nothing that we know of contradicts that information.
"We are trying to find some personal belongings that would not have perished in the fire but we actually found bones."
It's hard to tell what model the car was; underneath it there is a stream of solidified aluminium - what would have been the cars engine block.
The heat from the fires was ferocious - roads were effectively turned into foundries.
There are many people like the Katsardyirs in Mati - they are certain their loved ones must be among the dead but they don't have any answers - and it could be weeks before the identities of all the victims are established.
The roads around Mati - what should have been the escape routes from the fire - are narrow.
When you pass along them it's easy to see how so many people couldn't outrun the flames.
The tragic journeys often ended just a few hundred metres from the homes residents were fleeing from.