News

By Angeliki Koutantou CHIOS, Greece (Reuters) -Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest ...
By Tuesday morning, nearly 450 firefighters, 85 fire engines, 11 helicopters, and two water-dropping planes had been ...
Chios is battling a fire that continues to rage on three active fronts, pushing firefighters to their limits in an all-night struggle.
She’d been smoking,” a Greek official said of a Georgian woman who was arrested after a blaze tore through 11,000 acres of Chios this week.
Emergency services have issued evacuation orders for villages and settlements in the area since Sunday, when fires broke out ...
Greek authorities have sent new evacuation notifications for two areas near the main town on the island of Chios as firefighters struggle to control a major wildfire ...
It comes after hundreds of firefighters battled to contain the outbreak that has torn through swathes of forest and farmland ...
Hundreds of firefighters backed by aircraft are battling a wildfire burning out of control for the third day on the eastern ...
Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of several wildfires razing ...
At least 190 extra firefighters are being deployed to the Aegean island as authorities predict heatwave conditions to take hold in coming days.
Greece has put the island of Chios under a state of emergency because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.