23 professional firefighters and three volunteers have been injured in the several wildfires that have been burning in Greece since last Sunday. 3 firefighters are hospitalized with burn injuries, while 20 remain in hospital with respiratory problems. One firefighter collapsed on Wednesday during the battle against the flames near Megara …

Greek police has stopped traffic circulation on the Athens-Corinth national highway from the Agii Theodori intersection to the Epidaurus intersection, on Monday, due to wildfires southeast of the resort town of Loutraki in western Attica. Traffic has been shut down on both directions. Video: The blaze of Loutraki before the …

With temperatures in Greece reaching over 40 degrees Celsius and a prolonged dry weather, the Civil Protection issued a wildfires hazard warning for Saturday, July 15, 2023. According to the fire hazard prediction map published by the Civil Protection Agency, five regions are considered to be at very high risk …

Τtraffic on the Malakassa-Markopoulo country road was closed by traffic police on Thursday afternoon due to the wildfire that broke out earlier at the Mavrossouvala forest in north-eastern Attica. The road is closed from the junction with the Athens-Lamia motorway – along with Agia Kiriaki road from the Polidendri stadium …

A big forest fire is raging in a difficult to access area on the island of Zakynthos on Monday, with firefighters and aerial means to try to combat the blaze and hinder it from reaching residential area. The fire broke out short after 4 o’ clock in the afternoon and …

An extremely difficult battle against the flames is still being fought by the fire brigade in Rethymno, as the fires that broke out in Rodakino and between Orne and Krya Vrysi are still raging on Friday night. Strong winds blowing with intensity of up to 8 Beaufort make fire-extinction work …

A total of 378 wildfires were recorded nationwide over the last 7 days, Fire Brigade’s spokesperson Fire Major Giannis Artopios said at a press briefing on Wednesday. 41 forest fires broke out in the last 24 hours. Given the particular conditions that prevailed, with high temperatures, increased wind intensity as …

The 5* luxury resort hotel Amanzoe in Kranidi, Peloponnese, issued a statement on Tuesday, a day after a wildfire that broke out in the forest nearby entered the grounds of the property, forcing the evacuation of guests and employees. Listing the damages, Amanzoe stressed that “all guests and staff were …

Dangerous conditions for the start of wildfires are expected to prevail in several regions of Greece over the weekend, the meteo service of the National Observatory of Athens said in its latest forecast on Friday. Low humidity and high wind intensity will create conditions in favor of wildfires start and …

The wildfire front on the island of Evia was mostly under control, authorities said on Sunday, almost 24 hours after a fire broke out in the forest area between the villages Kremasto and Gaia, forcing the evacuation of the first, late on Saturday night. Firefighters and aerial means managed to …

“The wings of a bird caught fire and it fell outside the substation wall thus spreading the fire,” a representative of workers at Greece’s Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDHE) told a panel of stunned journalists at state-broadcaster ERT discussing the wildfire in Ano Voula and Ano GLyfada, in South-East Athens …

At least one house has been reportedly burnt , one firefighter was taken to hospital due to respiratory problems and residents of Panorama Voula, South Athens, and neighboring areas were urged to evacuate their homes due to the wildfire on Saturday afternoon. Two bed-ridden elderly have been reportedly taken to …

Editors of Time magazine picked as the Best of 2021 the heartbreaking photo of a desperate elderly woman with the flames of the wild fires nearing her home in Evia in the background. The picture was taken by photographer Konstantinos Tsakalidis for the agency SOOC on August 8, 2021. On …

Greek authorities ordered outlying parts of the coastal resort town Nea Makri near Athens evacuated late Monday after a large wildfire broke out in the area. At least two houses and several vehicles were burned down, but no injuries to residents or firefighters were reported. Γαμω την τρέλα μου.. και …

Greek expatriates in the United States have raised $1 million to donate to the victims of August’s fires in Greece, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced on Tuesday. Elpidophoros made the announcement in Kardamyla, on the northern Aegean island of Chios, where a dinner was hosted in his honor. “The pollution …

The village of Marmari and two settlements were evacuated early Monday morning after a large fire broke out in the early morning hours in area of Karystos on the southern part of the island of Evia. The fire started at 2:30 in the morning increasing suspicion on arson. The fire …

Greece’s Civil Protection warns of Extreme Risk of wildfires (ALARM LEVEL 5) for the Regional Units of Attica as well as for Central and South Evia on Sunday, August 22, 2021. At the same time, it warns that several parts of the country are at Very High Risk (Level 4, …

Video footage captured arsonists as they fired flares in the middle of the night starting a fire close to the settlement of Daskalio by Keratea in south-eastern Attica. One of the flares fell in the settlement and one into the sea nearby, an eye-witness told state broadcaster ERT TV. He …

A 14-year-old boy arrested in Central Greece has confessed to have lit several wildfires because “he liked the flames and the smoke.” The underage arsonist admitted to have lit 9 wildfires in the area of Theologos, Fthiotida, since the beginning of August. The boy was detained on Wednesday morning initially …

Wildfires broke out in western Attica and Halkidiki most possibly caused by a so-called “dry thunderstorm” sweeping on the Greek mainland on Wednesday evening. The phenomenon was observed also in Athens where  the dry thunderstorm was followed by very powerful North-East winds with gust up to 9 Beaufort a few …