Six Arrested for Starting Wildfires Across Greece
Six people were arrested across Greece on August 13 for negligently starting wildfires and violating fire safety laws, with fires breaking out in Ilia, Evros…
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Wildfire Tears Through Halkidiki, Ukrainian Children Evacuated
A fast-moving wildfire in the Kassandra peninsula of Halkidiki forced emergency evacuations on Friday, with flames ripping through pine forest and racing…
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Volunteer Uses Tractor to Stop Wildfire From Entering Village
A volunteer in Fourka, Chalkidiki is battling an active wildfire with nothing but a tractor, working directly on the fire line to stop the flames from entering…
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Wildfire Traps Residents on Beach in Halkidiki. Coast Guard Evacuates by Sea
An out-of-control wildfire tore through the Kassandra peninsula in Halkidiki on Friday, forcing residents of Siviri and Fourka to flee to the beach as their…
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Europe’s Total Solar Eclipse Brings 6 Million to Spain. Wildfires Could Ruin It
A total solar eclipse is crossing Europe today for the first time in two decades, drawing millions of tourists and scientists to Spain, Iceland, and Greenland…
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A Helicopter Landed on Milos’ Most Famous Beach
A prosecutor has ordered a criminal investigation after a private helicopter landed on Sarakiniko beach in Milos, one of the most photographed beaches in…
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Constantine’s Bridge Resurfaces After 1,700 Years
Low water levels in the Danube River have exposed the foundations of a bridge built by Emperor Constantine the Great, giving archaeologists their first close…
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FT Report: Greek Island Fires Were Predictable
The wildfires that burned through Paros and Crete this summer were not accidents waiting to happen, they were accidents waiting to be reported. A Financial…
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Greece’s Wildfire Season Is Getting Worse. Here’s the Reason
Greece is burning again this summer, and a top fire meteorologist says the country is caught in one of its worst scenarios yet. Thodoris Giannaros, fire…
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Greece Fire Tops 100,000 Stremma, Now a Megafire
A wildfire burning across Boeotia and Attica has surpassed 100,000 stremma of burned land, with fire meteorologist Thodoris Giannaros now calling it almost…
