June 28, 2019
environment
The Greek Civil Protection has published a warning of “very high risk” of wildfires in several regions of Greece due to high temperatures and powerful winds up to 6-7 Beaufort and locally up to 8-9. The Civil Protection warning is valid for Saturday, June 28, 2019, draws attention to the …
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February 8, 2019
Greece, Politics
Lack of coordination and the broader deficiencies of the state mechanism in Fire protection have been pointed out in the report submitted by the Independent Committee for Wildfires management. The Committee was established to investigate the reason that led to the tragedy in July 2018 where 100 people died in …
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November 11, 2018
Sports
Touching moments took place on Sunday morning when participants at the 36. Marathon Race of Athens honored the victims and the survivors in Mati, the area with the most victims from the wildfires in July. Residents of Mati had flocked along the race track and greeted the athletes with black …
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September 27, 2018
weather
A big wildfire is raging on the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea and has got out of controls due to the gale force winds blowing with intensity of 10 Beaufort. Authorities have evacuated several houses as the fire rages in full force still on Thursday night Authorities say …
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September 25, 2018
Greece
A scandal about possible delays and freezing of the investigation about the wildfires in Athens where 99 people lost their lives was narrowly avoided on Tuesday. The prosecutor of Greece’s top court Areios Pagos had to cancel her decision to “freeze” the ongoing investigation conducted by the head of the …
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September 23, 2018
Social
With a truck loaded with goods for people and animals, volunteers from international charity organization Trieste United INGO Inc made it from North-East Italy to Mati and Rafina, the areas most affected by the deadly fires on 23. July 2018. It was the heartbreaking images from the the destroyed homes …
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September 3, 2018
Very Mix
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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August 27, 2018
Social
Death toll from Athens wildfires rose to 97 after another injured died in the hospital on Monday morning. The number of people who died in the hospitals is 14, the Fire Service said in a statement adding that the identified dead in the fire areas were 83. According to media …
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August 26, 2018
Social
They were wearing white blouses and t-shirts and were holding flashlights. They wanted to symbolically light up the sky in the memory of the 96 people who lost their lives in the deadly wildfires of 23. July 2018. The event to commemorate the dead but also to honor those who …
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August 26, 2018
Very Mix
Police has arrested a 32-year-old Greek man, a serial arsonist as investigation proved, for having started nine wildfires on the island of Evia in the months of June, July and August. According to a Fire Service statement, the man has been arrested following investigation by the relevant department. He has …
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August 24, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek government offers to hire survivors of the July Athens wildfires in the public sector. With a Ministerial Decree issued on Thursday, exactly one month after the tragedy that cost the life of 96 people, the government offer jobs to relatives of victims and survivors. That is also to …
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August 21, 2018
Economy
The total of initial insurance payouts for the deadly fires in Attica on July 23 amount to 33.7 million euros at least, the Association of Insurance Companies of Greece (EAEE) announced on Tuesday. According to data provided by member insurance companies, EAEE said that compensation on property claims (homes and …
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August 20, 2018
Social
Bulldozers started to demolish houses in East Attica on Monday, almost a motnh after the deadly wildfires. Three houses in Kokkino Limanaki and one in Mati are the first to fall. The houses do not belong to the category of “illegal buildings.” They are houses that have been characterized as …
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August 17, 2018
animals
Cat Pipis disappeared on 23. July when the deadly wildfire was raging in East Attica. His owners desperately looked for him but they had to leave the area and him behind in order to escape the flames and possible death. They didn’t give up hope, though. They put flyers all …
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August 14, 2018
Social
A 68-year-old man died in KAT hospital in Athens late on Tuesday increasing the death toll in Athens wildfires to rose to 96. Another fire victim, a 63-year-old man, died on Monday. Twenty two days after the deadly fires in Mati and Neos Voutzas in East Attica and 29 people …
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August 13, 2018
Social
Death toll in Athens wildfires rose to 95 on Monday after one more fire victim died in hospital in Athens. The latest victim is a 63-year-old man in KAT hospital. Twenty one days after the deadly fires in Mati and Neos Voutzas in East Attica and 30 people are reportedly …
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August 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
The General Secretariat for Greece’s Civil Protection is abolished and replaced by a new agency, the National Emergency Response Service. The radical change comes 18 days after the deadly wildfires in Athens with 93 people dead during which is Civil Protection was practically absent. The new public service will be …
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August 9, 2018
Tourism, Travel
Greece’s tourism has not been affected by the Athens wildfires that raged in East Attica towards the end of July, international sector experts say. This has not only to do with the fact that the fire-stricken areas in East Attica, some 30 km away from Athens are more a summer …
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August 8, 2018
Sports
From a hotel room thousands miles away from Greece, professional basketball player Kyle Terrel Hines shared his thoughts about a country, that has been devastated by the wildfires killing dozens of people. Hines wrote a heartwarming letter sharing his thought and feelings the moment he saw East Attica on fire. …
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August 7, 2018
Greece, Politics
Official documents proving the disorganization of Fire Service and Police on the day of the deadly wildfires in Athens are on their way to prosecutor investigating the causes and responsibilities that led to the death 0f 91 people. There was no proper coordination, no organization and no communication between the …
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