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Two major fires that started half an hour within each other threatened populated areas in the Attica region of Keratea on Saturday afternoon, while a third major fire was reported near Aliveri, on the island of Evia, Greece. The first...

Three people died on Tuesday, in a fire that broke out in an apartment in the suburb of Kordelio in the northern Greek city Thessaloniki. An elderly couple lived in the small 50 sqm apartment along with their three...

  A 58-year-old man was killed in a fire that broke out in his apartment early in the morning today in Kato Patisia, Athens. The Greek fire brigade was notified a few minutes after 2am, by residents nearby. Fire-fighters rushed to...

In Kordelio, Thessaloniki a family lost their home after a fire that broke out in the house at 4.15 in the morning. The 5-year-old boy, his parents and his grandmother who were living in the house, soon realized the house...

A fire destroyed a historic house next to the Greek Club at South Brisbane in the inner-city early in the morning. The 125-year-old building is known as the Belvedere. The blaze occupied the abandoned two-storey building in Edmondstone Street around...

One person died and two were injured when a sudden fire broke out in a building which is attached to the Greek Church of Aya Nikola in Sarıyer, the northernmost district of Istanbul, Turkey. The fire in the annex of...

“DEI S.A-Hellas(Hellenic Public Power Corporation S.A.), municipal authorities and Thera’s municipal residents faced an unprecedented and very complicated malfunction August 2013,caused by a fire that broke out on the island’s electricity production facility. DEI S.A Hellas’ board of Directors decision...

Two big fires broke out in forest land with pine trees in Ritsona and Psachna, both located in Euboea, Greece. The firefighters are struggling with the flames to extinguish both fires. Residential areas in both cases have not been threatened. The first...

A fire broke out in the region of Agia Elesa on the island of Kythera and is burning hollies and shrubs. The fire expanded quickly because of the winds, and the three Canadair jets which were called to help extinguish...

One of the largest fires of the summer broke out today on the Greek Island of Chios. The strong winds do not allow fire-planes to operate.  About 80 firefighters are on the scene trying to put out the fire...