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As a fire raged through the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesvos Monday night, more than half of the 4,400 residents of the overcrowded camp fled the blaze, only to return on Tuesday to ashes. The large...

The four fires that started around dawn on Saturday on the Greek island of Thassos continue to burn out of control for a second day, authorities have reported on Sunday. Saturday officials of the fire department and the municipality of...

Four fires have sparked since dawn on the Greek island of Thassos. The blazes in the early morning caused the immediate evacuation of the entire vicinity and villages of Prinos Kazaviti and St. Panteleimon by the fire department and the municipality of Thassos. The...

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, who is visiting the Lake in Evia, that has suffered severe damages from a recent fire, sent a strong message of unity on Friday. "This place teaches us a lot. The people here express optimism and...

A major fire broke out on Chios early in the morning on Friday destroying a forested area and injuring six people. The blaze continues between the villages Sidirounta, Katavasi and Managros. Speaking to Skai television, deputy governor of the region Stamatis...

More than 60 firefighters and 17 vehicles are employed to contain a forest blaze that broke out late Sunday in the Taygetus Mountain range in Peloponnese. On Monday the fire had spread to steep, inaccessible terrain, near the village of...

Authorities in Thessaloniki are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out Saturday at a migrant reception center near the Thessaloniki Port Authority. Twelve firefighters along with members of the Greek Coast Guard joined forces to rescue some dozens...

On Saturday residents of Evia island and specifically the town of Karystos on the island had to once again contend with wildfires. Fire broke out at 8:05 a.m. local time in a woodland in the Karystos area. The operational center of the...

A large wild fire broke out in the area of Gytheio in the Peloponnese on the afternoon of August 12. A total of 17 vehicles, 50 firefighters and 34 hikers participated in the efforts to put out the fire, along...

Destructive fires raged for the third time in two weeks on Evia, Greece's second largest island. Two major forest fires broke out in the early morning hours on Tuesday in Karystos and Kymi. The fire on Karystos broke out at 1:40 am in...