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Large Fire Breaks Out at Schimatari North of Athens
Firefighters are battling a large fire that broke out earlier on Monday in Schimatari north of Athens.
Municipal authorities are calling for the precautionary evacuation of Dilesi, a seaside resort town in the region of Viotia.
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According to the Fire Service,...
Greek News
Risk of Fires Elevated in Greece Due to Blistering Winds, Heatwave
Authorities in Greece issued warnings of fires this weekend as the country is experiencing blistering winds and high temperatures.
As seen in the video, the Sifnos Jet ferry is struggling to maintain the course as it sails full of passengers...
Archaeology
Asteroid Annihilated City Inspiring Biblical Story of Sodom
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New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated an ancient city near the Dead Sea now called Tall el-Hammam in the biblical city of Sodom located in the Jordan Valley 3,600...
Greece
Fire on Mount Athos, Monasteries Safe
A fire has broken out on the holy site of Mt Athos in Greece on Saturday, but the monasteries the region is famous for are not at risk.
The fire has been raging in a forested area of Mt Athos,...
Environment
Fire Breaks Out on Evia Island, Village Evacuated
A fire broke out in the area of Gaia in Evia in the municipality of Kimi-Aliveri on Saturday.
Greek authorities ordered the evacuation of the village of Kremastos as the flames approached houses nearby.
The Fire Service says that high winds...
Greece
Fire in Downtown Thessaloniki Leaves 11 People in Hospital
A fire that broke out in the Chamber of Handicrafts building in Thessaloniki on Friday afternoon has left eleven people hospitalized.
The building, located in the center of the city at Aristotelous Square, burst into flames on Friday. Firefighters and...
Greece
Aristotelous Square, The Jewel of Thessaloniki
Aristotelous Square is the main city square of Thessaloniki, which is Greece’s second largest city and the capital of Macedonia.
Greek News
One Patient Dead After Fire in Thessaloniki Hospital
At least one person has died after a hospital fire in Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
The blaze broke out shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday in the COVID ward on the second floor of the port city’s Papanikolaou hospital, where...
Greece
Hopes Fade for Ten Missing People in Greece After Fire on Ferry
Hopes are fading for the ten people who remain missing five days after a fire scorched a ferry that had been traveling from Greece to Italy.
Firefighters are still fighting to put out the blaze on the Euroferry Olympia, which...
Greek News
Greece Confirms First Casualty on Fire-Stricken Ferry
Rescue teams in Greece recovered the body of a man on the “Euroferry Olympia”, the first confirmed casualty of the devasting fire that enveloped the ferry off Corfu in the early hours of Friday.
The emergency services are trying to find...