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A recent report, brought together by the deputy commander of the Greek Fire Service, Adrianos Gourbatsis, revealed that 1.6 million hectares of land was burned in Greece between 1981 and 2014. The average expanse of land burned annually is...

Fires have been raging on the Greek island of Evia for the last three days. The Limni area in northern Evia is in a state of emergency, while the fire department is battling a double front. At the moment,...

A fire has broken out in northern Evia in the Faraklas region, Greece. Due to strong winds the fire has spread quickly and hampered the efforts of firefighters. Local firefighters are battling the flames from the air and on the ground...

 NASA has released a satellite picture showing the smoke from the destructive Chios fire reaching all the way to south of Crete. The fire has destroyed the mastic trees in the villages of Elata, Vessa and Lithi. According to the president...

A large fire that broke out early Monday morning is raging on Chios island destroying a forest and putting in danger nearby villages that have been evacuated. So far, 12 firefighting vehicles, 15 municipality trucks, 32 men of the local...

Metropolitan bishop Ambrosios of Kalavryta, the same member of the clergy that encouraged members of his flock to bash homosexuals, spoke of paranormal events that took place in his room last Friday. The outspoken bishop outlined the events on his...

A great fire broke out late on Monday morning in a wild forest area in Apesokari of Gortyna, in the Heraklion prefecture on the island of Crete. Currently, 20 firefighters with 10 fire trucks and an army unit are fighting...

Raging fires burned out of control in Dervenohoria, on the border between Attica and Viotia, on Sunday. The forest fires, near Mount Parnitha, began at 22:40 and quickly spread as they were fanned by winds of 7 on the...

A firefighting Canadair CL-215 fell while on duty, 1km north of the Titan cement factory on the border between the region of Attica and Viotia, central Greece. The pilots had to conduct an emergency landing on Sunday morning while...

Around 1,500,000 square meters of land were reduced to ash as a forest fire spread around the second peninsula of Chalkidiki, northern Greece. The fire started at 13:10 (local time) at the Chondri Rahi area, and raged uncontrollably before...