As the powerful winds continue over the weekend, the Greek Civil Protection has issued a warning for “very high risk” of forest and wild fires for Saturday, September 14, 2019. Affected areas are: Attiki, Kythera, Sterea, Thessaly, East Macedonia, Thrace, North and South Aegean, Crete and Peloponnese. Orange marks “very …
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Wild Fires: Settlement evacuate in Attica, one dead in West Peloponnese
Wild fires in Greece: A middle-aged man lost his life while he was volunteering in extinguish a wild fire in West Peloponnese on Friday. In Attica, the mayor of Saronikos called on residents to leave their homes due to a blaze in the south-east of the region. More than 40 …
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Civil Protection warns of “Very high risk” of fires across Greece MAP
The Greek Civil protection has issued a warning about very high risk of forest and wild fires for Friday, September 13, 2019. According to Civil Protection warning, the following regions are at ‘very high risk”: • Attica, Kythera, Sterea, Thessaly, Central and East Macedonia, North and South Aegean, Crete and …
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Forest fires on Zakynthos, Evia and West Greece; 60 fires in 24 hours
A series of forest and wild fires broke out in Greece on Friday mobilizing dozens of firefighters and several aerial means. Two fires broke out on the island of Zakynthos in the areas of Lagadakia and Romiri. Video: Fire in Lagadakia Hardly had the firefighter managed to set the fire …
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Three fires in Attica; Civil Protection warning of “very high risk” for Aug31
Three wildfires broke out in Attica on Friday afternoon, with firefighters to have to work against the flames and the strong winds. The wildfires broke out on Penteli Mountain near residence areas, in Artemida in North-East Attica and Tanagra in North-West of Athens. In Penteli, the fire broke out in …
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Civil Protection warns of “very high risk ” of fires Aug 28 – MAP
Greece’s Civil Protections has issued a warning of “very high risk” of forest and wild fires for several regions and for Wednesday, August 28, 2019. Regions at very high risk of fires are the following: • Attica, Viotia, Evia, Skyros, Evros, Samothraki, Limnos, Lesvos, Argolida, Corinth, Achaia and Ileia. Orange …
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Civil Protection warning of “very high risk” for forest fires, Aug 25
Greece’s Civil Protection issued a warning about “very high risk” for forest and wild fires for Sunday, August 25th 2019. The regions at very high risk are: • Attica, Viotia, Evia, Argolida and Corinth Orange marks “Very High Risk” and Yellow “High Risk.” Severla forest and wild fires are raging …
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Civil Protection warns of “Very High Risk” for forest fires on Aug 23
Greece’s Civil Protections has issued a warning over a “very high risk” of forest fires and wildfires for Friday, August 23rd 2019. According to the warning the following areas are affected: Attica and Viotia, the islands of Evia, Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Ikaria, Kythera as well as Lakonia, Arkadia, Argolida, Corinth, …
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Greece’s Civil Protection warning of “very high risk” of forest fires
Greece’s Civil Protection has issued a “very high risk” warning of forest and wildfires. The warning is for August 15, 2019, and concerns especially the islands in the Ionian Sea. Yellow = High Risk Orange = Very High Risk A warning has been issued also for Friday, August 16, 2019. …
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EU countries send fire fighting aircraft for Evia forest fire
Spain and Italy sent fire fighting aircraft to the forest fire on Evia after Greece submitted a request at the European Civil Protection on Tuesday European Commissioner Christos Stylianides who is visitng Athens on Wednesday estimated that according to his experience as Commissioner and the wildfires he saw in many …
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Forest Fires: Alarm Status for several regions, 58 wild fires in 24 hours
Several regions across Greece remain in ALARM Status with regards to possibility of forest and wild fires also on Sunday, August 11, 2019, due to powerful winds, soaring temperatures and dryness. According to a warning published by the Greek Civil Protection, several regions will be on “very high risk” of …
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MyMarket fires regional manager who ‘forced’ employees to smile
The management of Greek supermarket chain My Market has fired the Regional Manager who ‘forced’ company employees to smile on the grounds that they “had a job” and “get paid” too. The decision to fire the director was met with plenty ironic comments on Greek social media. “Look who’s smiling …
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Civil Protection warns of Very High Risk of Fires for several Greek regions, Sept 5
Greece’s Civil Protection has issued a fires risk warning for Wednesday, September 5, 2018. For several regions in Greece there is Very High Risk (Level 4) and High Risk (Level 3), the Civil Protection notes. At Very High and High Risk of fires are the regions of Attica, Evia, Peloponnese, …
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Corfu wildfire partially under control, village evacuated
The wildfire on the island of Corfu was partially taken under control on Thursday evening. Fire Service and volunteers keep fighting against the flames as there are revivals. Some 110 people from the village Rahtades were earlier evacuated as a preventive measure. The fire broke out in a difficult to …
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Death toll in Athens wildfires rises to 93, victims list goes public
A 78-year-old victim of the Athens wildfires died in the Sismanogleio hospital in the Greek capital on Thursday morning, increasing the death toll to 93. The woman not in intensive care unit, however, she had serious health problems in addition to the fire injuries.The woman is the tenth victim to …
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Very High Risk of Fires in Attica and islands Aug 3rd, says Civil Protection
Greece’s Civil Protection has issued one more fires risk warning for Friday, August 3nd 2018. For several regions in Greece there is Very High Risk (Level 4) and High Risk (Level 3), the Civil Protection notes. At Very High and High Risk of fires are the islands in the North, …
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One and a half ministerial Apology for the Athens Wildfires
The first minister apology for the Athens wildfires came by the deputy defense minister on Thursday morning. Even though with a delay of eleven days. The ministers of Foreign Affairs and the deputy for Citizen Protection and Public Order followed. Almost. Deputy Defense Minister, Fotis Kouvelis, said during a live …
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Up to 12 years to demolish illegal constructions on Greece’s coastline
Demolition of illegal constructions prohibiting access to the sea have started in Halkidiki, North Greece on Thursday morning. Short before 10 o’ clock municipality workers and representatives from local authorities moved to “Gatzoureika” settlement along the old land road Polychonoy-Chaniotis on the first leg of Halkidi peninsula in Kassandra. After …
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Arsonist arrested for setting five fires in Marathonas, East Attica
Members of the Fire Service and the Greek Police arrested an arsonist for having started five fires in the area of Rizari in Marathonas, East Attica, during the time from 26. July to 31. July 2018. The man reportedly confessed he “liked to set fires and to watch fire fighters …
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Preliminary Conclusions on Wildfires Tragedy by Athens University
The Department of Geology and Geo-Environment and the postgraduate program “Strategies for Management of the Environment, Disasters and Crises” of the University of Athens have published a report with scientific data and preliminary conclusions regarding the fires that affected Attica on July 23rd 2018. The data are presented in a …
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