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Wildfires break out in Gastouni and Kotteika in Ilia, Fire Service reinforces both fronts

Firefighters, aircraft and drone surveillance are battling two blazes in low vegetation near Gastouni and Kotteika as investigators are dispatched to determine the cause, with the area remaining under a high wildfire risk warning today

Forensic examination to settle conflicting death timeline of elderly man whose son froze him to collect his pension

Police in Sparta have charged the son of the deceased with concealing his father's death in order to keep collecting his pension, as investigators now await forensic results to establish when and how the elderly man died

Extreme wildfire risk on Friday (August 1) in Attica and Evia

Very high wildfire risk (Category 4) is also forecast for eight additional regions across Greece

Mourners lay young fire chief to rest after fatal Gytheio wildfire

The fallen officer, a 2017 Fire Academy graduate who completed two years' service in Athens before his posting to Gytheio last year, was honoured by senior fire service and political leadership at the ceremony in Agrinio

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