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Greek firefighting forces are still battling a wildfire that has been burning for sixteen consecutive days at Mount Papikio in Rhodope of Northern Greece, the Hellenic Fire Service said on Monday. Three hundred and twenty firefighters with thirty-one fire engines...

A wildfire on Easter Island severely damaged some of its notable stone-carved statues, officials said in a statement on Wednesday. After spreading across more than one hundred hectares (247 acres) surrounding the Rano Raraku volcano, a UNESCO world heritage site,...

A Greek man committed suicide on Tuesday evening when he realized that his home on Mt. Penteli, north of Athens, had been destroyed by the fire. Reports say that the 84-year-old man was evacuated earlier by the fire service, as...

A large wildfire broke out at Porto Germeno, a seaside resort west of Athens on Tuesday at noon forcing authorities to evacuate a nearby village. Strong north-westerly winds in the area of the Gulf of Corinth are pushing the fire...

A fire has broken out on the holy site of Mt Athos in Greece on Saturday, but the monasteries the region is famous for are not at risk. The fire has been raging in a forested area of Mt Athos,...

A fire broke out in the area of Gaia in Evia in the municipality of Kimi-Aliveri on Saturday. Greek authorities ordered the evacuation of the village of Kremastos as the flames approached houses nearby. The Fire Service says that high winds...

A wildfire is raging across the southern Athens suburb of Ano Glyfada on Saturday afternoon and residents of Ano Voula are being evacuated.

The community of Niedyszyna, a small village in Poland near Lodz, has expressed their solidarity with those who lost their homes and possessions in the catastrophic fires that blazed across Evia, Greece in August. The group sent a letter of...

Five villages near the town of Villa, west of Athens, were evacuated early on Thursday as the fire that broke out on Monday continues to burn the pine forest of Mount Pateras, one of the few remaining green areas...

The fire near the town of Vilia, west of Athens, is raging on Wednesday for a third day despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters that try to stop the blaze reaching the town. According to regional governor of Attica,...