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A fire has broken out on the island of Salamina, just a 15 minute ferry ride from Piraeus on the mainland. The fire is in the Kanakia area where 60 scouts were camping. They were evacuated immediately and taken to the...

 A sizable fire has ignited on the island of Corfu in an area dense with forest, and some population, according to reports. The outbreak of the fire was at the village of Rachtades, which was evacuated by the authorities. The...

A month since the fires that devastated the resort of Mati in eastern Attica and claimed the lives of at least 96 people, Greek prosecutors are mulling over the evidence provided by witnesses. More than 35 witnesses have already testified as...

Dramatic footage emerged of the moment the fire that claimed at least 96 lives in eastern Attica on July 23 erupted in a plot of land in the area of Daou Pentelis. The footage, currently under examination by police experts,...

A village in the western Peloponnese has been evacuated after a fire that broke out in a nearby forest approached houses. 90 firefighters are battling the blaze at Dafniotissa, near Amaliada, with the help of three aircraft and a helicopter. Local...

There is a very high (category four) fire risk for Sunday for many parts of Greece, the country's civil protection service has warned. The General Secretariat for Civil Protection has informed all state services, municipal and regional authorities of the...

The list of dead from the fires in Mati is growing. On Monday a 63-year-old man succumbed to his burns in hospital, raising the number of deaths to 95. At the moment, according to the Directorate for Criminal Investigations of...

A high alert for fires in Attica, Evia and the Northern Aegean islands for Wednesday has been announced by the Civil Protection Secretary General's office. In a statement, the Interior Ministry's department said that drivers and people visiting wooded areas...

The Athens Prosecutor's Office is continuing to investigate the East Attica fires of July 23 that caused the death of at least 91 people, left dozens injured and hundreds of properties destroyed. Witnesses and victims of the fires continue to...

A 95-year-old woman injured in last month's deadly East Attica fires has died in hospital, raising the official death toll to 91. She was being treated at the intensive care unit of Thriasio hospital in Elefsina but succumbed to her injuries...