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A forest fire near the village of Maries on the island of Zakythos was gradually receding on Sunday, after blazing through the night. The fire had started late on Saturday afternoon. Fire-fighting forces battled the flames during the night in an...

Close to a thousand acres of a pine forest have been consumed by a raging fire on Zakynthos on Saturday night. The fire, that is still in progress, broke out on Saturday afternoon. Zakynthos Fire Department forces, with the help...

Sixty-seven students who were aboard a tourist bus that caught fire in the port city of Patras on Thursday evening found accommodation in a hotel in Rio. Earlier reports said one person was rushed to hospital. The fire broke out...

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou visited on Sunday the ruins of the Bayezid Mosque in Didimotycho, which was destroyed by a blaze on March 22, and said restoration of the 14th century building will start as soon as possible. “I came...

The Celebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque, also known as Bayed Mosque located in northern Greece in the town of Didymoticho close to the Greek-Turkish border suffered extensive damage due to a fire on Wednesday, authorities have reported. The mosque was completed...

In the late hours of Monday, three trolley buses were set on fire in downtown Athens, police have reported. Initial reports reveal that the trolley buses were set ablaze by unknown assailants near the Polytechnic building and that there were no...

According to sources, on Monday morning in northern Greece a fire broke out in a migrant reception center in Nea Kavala, Kilkis. Officials are not sure how the fire began at around 6 a.m. and are looking into possible causes...

A fire broke out from unknown circumstances around 4:45 am on Wednesday morning at the migrant camp in Oraiokastro in northern Greece. Three Syrian refuges, two children and their mother, were injured when their tent caught fire. The eight-year old...

Firefighters are trying to contain a brush fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon on the Greek island of Syros, authorities have reported. According to the latest accounts, authorities say that the fire has been partially contained and has not spread...

A blaze in the Central Park West neighborhood of New York City damaged several luxury apartments, including actor Hank Azaria's $9.2 million home. The fire was caused indirectly by renovation in actress Amy Irving's home, which was located just a...