Greece Wildfire continues to rage near Greek capital Greece’s fire department said 370 firefighters, including 143 from Poland, were deployed at the Vilia fire Wednesday, along with 130 vehicles, eight helicopters and three planes. 18/08/2021
Greece Greek wildfires under control as rainfall helps firefighters More than 580 fires have been observed since late July with over 100,000 hectares of forests and olive groves razed to the ground. 13/08/2021
Travel News Turkey, Greece and Italy all hit by huge wildfires Many Mediterranean countries are being affected by extreme high temperatures and wildfires right now. We find out why. 12/08/2021
Green News Residents in Greece resist evacuation to battle wildfires Residents refuse to abandon their homes as they battle the wildfires burning across Greece for more than a week. 11/08/2021
Greece Greek PM apologises as fight against wildfire on Evia continues Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologised for "any weaknesses” in the efforts to quell the wildfires on Evia, amid criticism over the government’s handling of the situation. 10/08/2021
Green News Criticism grows over Greece's handling of raging wildfires Authorities on Evia, Greece's second-largest island, have in recent days denounced "insufficient" means to tackle the blazes when the situation was "critical". 09/08/2021
no comment Pefki threatened as enormous blaze devours forests Enormous flames devoured pristine forests and encroached on villages Sunday on Greece's second-largest island. 09/08/2021
Green News Greek island cut off in two by fires as #HelpTurkey lights up Twitter At least two people have died because of the wildfires in Greece and eight have lost their lives in Turkey. 08/08/2021
Greece Death toll from Greek wildfires rises to two as police arrest two At least 1,450 Greek firefighters were deployed on Saturday morning to battle five major fires throughout the country. 07/08/2021
Greece Greece 'a powder keg' as wildfires kill 1 and cause thousands to flee "Several days of heatwave have turned the whole country into a powder keg," said Greece's PM. 06/08/2021
Greece Site of first ancient Olympics at risk as fires rage in Greece The archaeological site of Ancient Olympia - where the first ancient Olympic Games were held - is at risk as fires continue to wreak havoc in Greece. 05/08/2021
no comment Fire in Athens suburb destroys homes, vehicles Residents face the aftermath of a savage wildfire that broke out in the northern suburb of Athens 04/08/2021
Greece 'The night was hell': Wildfire destroys homes on outskirts of Athens More than 100 homes and businesses had been seriously damaged or destroyed, according to authorities. 04/08/2021
no comment Greece: Homes destroyed in aftermath to Peloponnese forest fire Nearly 300 firefighters, two water bomber planes and five helicopters battle to put out a forest fire in Greece that has so far destroyed around 20 homes. 01/08/2021
Greece 'Out of control': Greek wildfire rages through forest near Athens The blaze threatened homes near the Greek capital on Tuesday despite a large operation mounted by firefighters. 27/07/2021
Greece Fire breaks out at refugee camp on Greek island of Samos Around fifteen tents have been destroyed by fire in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos, just three days after the region was hit by an earthquake. 02/11/2020
world news Villages evacuated in southern Greece as wildfire rages 250 firefighters and a water-dropping aircraft were working to contain the blaze 24/07/2020
Greece Greeks haunted by Mati fire tragedy, two years on The fire, which started on the Penteli mountain, spread very quickly to the seaside towns of Mati and Kokkino Limanaki, east of Athens, killing 102 people. 23/07/2020
Smart Regions DISARM - predicting fires and protecting against them DISARM is the fire-modelling system giving southern European nations a fighting chance against blazes like the one that caused the Mati tragedy in Greece two years ago. 20/07/2020
Good Morning Europe Wildfires destroyed 178,000 hectares of land across Europe in 2018 Forest fires struck in more European countries than ever before. Last year, wildfires destroyed nearly 178,000 hectares of land across the continent. That’s according to a new report by the EU Commission, which says it’s having to spend more to protect our countryside. 01/11/2019
Greece EU helps Greek firefighters battle wildfire near Athens Wildfires broke out on Tuesday morning in Greece, and more fires have been reported as smoke engulfed Athens. 13/08/2019
Good Morning Europe Mati attempts to rise from the ashes How is Mati coping one year after devastating wildfires? 24/07/2019
Greece Greece: M. Iliopoulos awarded for contribution to those affected by the fire at Mati A significant award for his contribution to the victims of the devastating wildfire at Mati region on 23rd July 2018, received Mr. Marios Iliopoulos 23/07/2019
world news Villages evacuated as wildfires rage in Greece Support from across the country drafted in to battle blaze on Island of Evia as temperatures soar and winds fan flames. 06/07/2019
Good Morning Europe Family of Greek fire victim launches lawsuit against state The family of a Greek man who died in last year's fires in Mati are launching a lawsuit. The as yet unnamed victim died in the village of Neos Voutzas in Eastern Attica. The law firm involved says that other suits are on the way. 03/01/2019
Greece Three migrants granted Greek citizenship for saving lives in wildfire The three men rescued people who had jumped into the sea to escape the deadly July 23 blaze. 03/01/2019
