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Eleven arrests made over blazes and fire-safety breaches in Argolida, Ilia, Serres, Attica and Lesvos
The Directorate for Combating Arson Crimes (D.A.E.E.) and its regional Arson Investigation Units (A.K.A.E.E.) are in full operational deployment, working to solve the large rural and forest fire in Argolida and to investigate breaches of fire-safety legislation in Ilia, Serres, Attica and Lesvos. In total, across seven separate incidents
Animal Rescue Race Against the Flames: Dozens Moved Away from Risk, See Photos
Strays, pets and farm animals have been moved to safety from the fire at Porto Germeno, which is being tested by a wildfire front burning out of control, while the National Animal Protection Mechanism remains fully deployed.
Major fire front in Attica-Boeotia: Blaze from Porto Germeno reaches the Kithairon ridge, battle against the flames in Veniza, evacuation orders issued for Megara (updates)
Water-bombing aircraft have resumed operations over the fire front, with ground and air crews making superhuman efforts to bring the enormous flames under control amid extremely difficult conditions on the ground
Very high wildfire risk forecast for Attica, Boeotia and Evia today, Fire Service remains on general alert
Fire Service maintains heightened readiness nationwide as authorities urge extreme caution amid aerial and ground patrols across at risk regions
One dead after two lorries collide on Athens-Lamia motorway, Thessaloniki-bound lane partially reopens
Traffic has partially reopened towards Thessaloniki on the Athens-Lamia motorway following a fatal collision between two lorries near Martino, in which one vehicle burst into flames; police continue restoring the opposite carriageway as investigations into the crash proceed
Prime Minister visits Crisis Coordination Centre as wildfires rage in Boeotia and Attica
Kyriakos Mitsotakis was briefed on the Agios Vasileios fire near Porto Germeno and the Xironomi front in Boeotia, both critical, before praising firefighters and security forces battling flames amid strong winds and limited aerial support
“A tick bite changed my life”: Welsh woman was in coma for six weeks after Syros holiday
Victoria Stellas contracted tick-borne encephalitis while visiting relatives near Syros, leaving her with permanent memory loss and nightly seizures; she now takes up to eighteen pills daily and campaigns to raise vaccine awareness among students
