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Greek News
Greece Offers Free Holiday to Tourists Affected by Rhodes Fires
Greece will offer a week of free holidays on Rhodes to tourists who were forced to cut their stay on the island short due to devastating wildfires, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday.
Thousands of tourists were evacuated from...
Greek News
Two Pilots Dead in Firefighting Plane Crash on Evia, Greece
The captain and co-pilot of a firefighting airplane in Greece were both killed when their aircraft crashed on the island of Evia while it was trying to put out a blaze, the air force said.
Flight Lt. Christos Moulas, 34,...
Environment
Satellite Image Shows Wildfire Devastation on Rhodes
A satellite image of the EU's Copernicus space program shows the extent of the destruction by the wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes.
More than 100 square kilometers of land, including a virgin forest, has been burned so far...
Environment
Wildfire in Rhodes Leads to the Evacuation of Villages and a Hotel
At least three villages and a hotel have been evacuated on the Greek island of Rhodes as a wildfire in the center of the island is burning a forest uncontrollably.
The fire broke out in the area of Apollona on...
Environment
Wildfires Rage in Greece in the Midst of a Heatwave
Wildfires are raging in Greece for a third day on Wednesday as a punishing heatwave is engulfing the country.
Hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames at Dervenochoria, west of Athens, which, according to the fire service is the most...
Archaeology
Asteroid Annihilated City Thought to be Biblical 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...
Environment
Two Large Wildfires Rage Near Athens, Houses Burned
Dozens of firefighters are battling the flames of two large wildfires that broke out south and west of Athens on Monday.
The first blaze broke out in the Kouvaras area in Attica in the early afternoon, and a warning was...
Africa
Homo Sapiens May Not Have Been the First Species to Use Fire
New emerging evidence discovered in South Africa nullifies prior suggestions indicating that homo sapiens was the first species to use fire.
Analysis of fossil remains unearthed from the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa indicates that Homo naledi, an...
Animals
More than 18,000 Cows Burned Alive in Texas Farm Explosion
More than 18,000 cows were burned alive and one farm worker is in critical condition following a dairy farm explosion and fire in the Texas Panhandle.
The fire started Monday night at South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, about 66...
Europe
Protester Sets Himself on Fire During Tsitsipas Tennis Match
A protester set his arm on fire during a match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman at the Laver Cup tennis tournament in London.