Greece wildfires

End-of-the-season blaze erupts on well-known eastern Aegean Island on Saturday afternoon

The officeholder in the Xylokastro municipality is accused of 'smoking' beehives in a rural area during a high-risk period for fires; blaze killed two people

A portion of the same prefecture, Ilia, was devastated by a multi-front wildfire in August 2007, that claimed 36 lives

The wildfire managed to take enormous proportions, reaching a united front of 32 kilometers, its smoke painting skies crimson across Greece

Flames have reached as far as the mountain resort settlement of Trikala, with a front burning in remote and inaccessible land

A six-kilometer stretch of the main Athens-Patras tollway near the resort town of Xylokastro was closed, with traffic diverted to a provincial roadway

Two men died in the massive blaze, while according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), the burned areas in the region reach nearly 4,200 hectares

Minister of Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilias held an emergency coordination meeting to assess the situation and organize forces for the night

An arrest warrant was issued for the woman’s 17-year-old son on felony charges of actually causing the blazes

While proving to be a relief in many cases, concerns over flooding arose, especially where wildfires scorched forest and brushland this past month

The site on Rhodes where the blaze is raging is described as remote and rugged, while gusty winds are plaguing fire-fighting efforts

Findings released of urgent culture ministry inspections of archaeological sites, other monuments in parts of NE Attica prefecture affected by last week’s wildfire

The fire brigade order the shutdown of power along the main north-south rail line near the Litochoro statrion, in north-central Greece

Two major blazes on the day in Kozani, Thesprotia prefectures

One of the 34 fires in northern Greece has been burning for almost a month, as explosions from discarded war-time ordnance, mines hamper ground units

This team includes experts in crisis healthcare management, such as internists, cardiologists, and mental health professionals.

Three Turkish water-dropping planes, helicopter the latest units dispatched to Athens area

Reports from the Copernicus Rapid Mapping Service and the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), analyzed by Meteo.gr, show that 13 major wildfires since 2017 have ravaged more than 700,000 acres of forest

More than 1,000 personnel - fire-fighters, forest fire units, municipal crews and volunteers - battled the blazes northeast of Athens, with a total of 199 vehicles deployed in the operation

Two minors were imposed a 4,640-euro fine for setting a fire in Glyfada ‘for fun’. They're due to appear before a juvenile court with their guardians