Arson

According to the AP, the indefinite suspension that was placed on the Greece's domestic soccer league's games has been lifted some eight days after it was initially dealt. The league will recommence on Tuesday, officials have announced. The suspension was...

There was a 22.8 pct increase in the number of forest fires that broke out in 2016 compared with the previous year causing a more devastating effect with the area of burnt land rising by 124.5 pct, the Fire...

Raging fires burned out of control in Dervenohoria, on the border between Attica and Viotia, on Sunday. The forest fires, near Mount Parnitha, began at 22:40 and quickly spread as they were fanned by winds of 7 on the...

Forest fires are not uncommon in Greece in great part due to the fact that in Greece if land is mapped as a forest zone, it is illegal to build. This has led many people to take matters into...

Laconia in southern Peloponnese, suffered significant damage from the 79 fires that broke out on Friday in Greece. According to reports, more than 40 houses were damaged in the city of Neapoli while around 10,000 olive trees were burned. Villages in the...

The 79 fires that broke out on Friday in Greece have left one person dead, threatened various residential areas and raised suspicions about the causes of the outbreaks. Firefighters and police officers found a completely carbonised body of man in the Kareas area of Ymittos on...

Greece's nature may suffer innumerable disasters this summer season, since the country's Fire Department is not operating properly. According to Greek newspaper "Ta Nea," several fire trucks are currently immobilized because they are lacking tires and spare parts. Furthermore, aircraft are all...

A big fire broke out at 10:20 in the evening of August 5 at Varympompi while fire-fighters are struggling with the strong winds (wind force is 5 on the Beaufort scale). Varympompi is a suburban community, part of the...

With more fires spreading out of control across Greece, a 24-year-old man who was reportedly upset he couldn't get a job as a firefighter was arrested and charged with arson for setting a devastating fire that wiped out much...

With major wildfires raging for days across Greece, the country's Secret Service has been called in to investigate whether arson is involved. It's common in Greece for forested land to be deliberately burned so it can be developed. On the...