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A huge fire has engulfed the University of Crete campus in the capital Heraklio. Dozens of fire fighters are at the scene while thick smoke has covered the area. There are no reports of injuries. The police blocked off road access to...

A new video documenting the spreading of the July 23rd Mati wildfire that killed 99 people and destroyed many homes was shown on Monday on Skai television. A home security camera in Mati captured the speed and the wrath of...

According to an article in the Greek newspaper Ethnos tis Kyriakis, the reason why Eleftherios Venizelos ferry was set on fire, a few weeks ago, was a short-circuit in a motor of a truck that was parked inside the ferry's...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the fire-stricken area of Mati on Tuesday to inspect the progress of work on restorations of the damage. It was his second visit to the Greek resort after the fire that claimed at least...

After burning for three days, the fire that engulfed the island ferry Eleftherios Venizelos has been extinguished. The ferry's route connects Crete to the mainland Greece and it was in service at the time it caught on fire. Authorities say that...

The thick smoke in Greece's Eleftherios Venizelos Ferry that caught fire in the middle of the sea is still visible in new emerging images from the port of Piraeus, after the fire fighters managed to get deeper into the...

A 83-year-old woman on Thursday morning succumbed to her burns from the East Attica wildfires of July 23. The woman, who was hospitalized at KAT Hospital, is the 98th fatality of the destructive fires in Mati. The victim is the 15th...

The fire fighters in the port of Piraeus are still struggling to completely extinguish a fire that started in the early hours of Wednesday local time, forcing the vessel El Venizelos to be evacuated. Despite the fact that some of...

A 78-year-old man died of burn injuries in Thriasio hospital, in western Attica on Sunday bringing the number of fatalities of the Greek blaze to 97. In a short statement, the fire service said that 83 people were killed in...

Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday in the fire stricken Greek town of Mati to honor the 96 victims of the disaster that struck on July 23. Relatives wept as the names of the victims were read out. With memories fresh...