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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 …

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Six foreign nationals have been arrested as suspects for the fires that destroyed the refugees camp in Moria a week ago.  Five were first arrested and the last member of the group, who was at large, was arrested on Tuesday evening. Short after the six arrests, a video allegedly shot …

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Greece’s Fire Service has arrested 30 people in total as responsible for arson in the month of August, the service said in a statement on Monday. The arsonists were arrested for setting up 37 wildfires either intentionally or by negligence. Seventeen of the arrested were charged for arson out of …

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“I estimate that 10,000 stremmata has been burned down in the last three days,” mayor of Zakynthos Pavlos Kolokotsas told media on Monday, as the wildfires on the island continue to rage for third consecutive day. “It is a major ecological disaster, a perennial pine forest is on fire right …

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Sixty seven wildfires broke out from 06:00 a.m. Saturday until 06:00 a.m. Sunday, the Greek Fire Service announced today. Meanwhile, fire brigades and police have launched a manhunt against arsonists setting forests and agricultural land on fire either representing petty interests or due to  psychological reasons. The majority of these …

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