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According to a press release of the European Commission, Greece has contributed two airplanes to combat the wildfires that are blazing in the southern part of the country. The Greek assistance comes through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, after Prime Minister...

Firefighters were able to once again contain the wildfire burning on Kythira island or the fifth day on Tuesday, after the flames were briefly rekindled in the southern part of the island, the fire brigade said.  Firefighting aircraft and helicopters...

After four days the wildfire in the Greek island of Kythira appears to be getting under control on Monday. The general secretary of the Civil Protection Agency Yiannis Kapakis said that "the situation is better in Kythira. There is currently...

A wildfire that has blazed on the southern island of Kythira since Friday morning continues for a fourth day. Firefighters are now battling the blaze in the south-west part of the island, near the famous Monastery of Myrtidion. Nuns and...

The wildfire is ranging on Kythira for a third day and a "state of emergency" was declared on Saturday, after four settlements had to be evacuated. One third of the island’s forest and low vegetation areas have been burned...

Fire fighters have been struggling all day and all night to extinguish the huge wildfire that broke out on the island of Kythira on Friday morning. One settlement was evacuated and power outages occurred. The fire broke in the agricultural...

Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town south of Athens as a wildfire fueled by high winds threatened homes, but has now been contained, authorities...

A wildfire broke out earlier on Sunday in a forest near Agia Anna, Evia island. The blaze burns pine trees and according to Fire Brigade no inhabited areas are endangered. Twenty one fire engines with a 49 member-crew, 14 firefighters on...

Large wildfires are raging in Attica and Messinia, in what is being described as the first large fires of the summer season. With temperatures soaring to 43 degrees Celsius in parts of Greece, firefighters are battling the flames near Krioneri,...

A wildfire that broke out on Sunday in a forest area in the Aghioi Theodoroi area, near Corinth, left one woman dead. The blaze reached a residential area, burning one house completely and damaging another. Gusty winds were blowing in...