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The 2024 Greek wildfires are a series of 30-kilometre-long lines of forest fires across the Attica region. This series of fires started on August 11 and lasted until August 14, 2024. Media outlets referred to this as: “Greece’s worst wildfire of the year 2024.” [1]
On the afternoon of 11 August 2024, a wildfire fire hit the northeastern Attica region of Greece. The fire broke out in the area of Varnavas, northeast of Athens, at 3:02 PM, according to Fire Colonel Vassileios Vathrakogiannis, the Fire Service spokesman and quickly spread due to strong winds. The flames caused the evacuation of many ...
The fire began Sunday afternoon about 35 kilometers (22 miles) northeast of Athens, burning several homes and businesses and sending a blanket of smoke and ash over the city center.
According to a senior climate crisis official, 667 fires were caused by a "human hand", blaming either negligence or arson. [7] 79 arrests were made as of late August.[2]By 25 August, officials had arrested 163 people on fire-related charges since the start of the fire prevention season, including 118 for negligence and 24 for deliberate arson, and the police had made a further 18 arrests ...
The UK Foreign Office offers wildfire advice to tourists. 07:00, Tara Cobham. The UK Foreign Office has the following advice: “Wildfires are highly dangerous and unpredictable. The situation can ...
Round-up: Fires keep travellers and residents on alert in Greece. 17:30, PA. Fuelled by the heatwaves and strong gusts of wind, wildfires in Europe's Mediterranean region have kept travellers and ...
A nightmarish summer of wildfires for Greece took its deadliest turn yet on Tuesday when firefighters found the burned bodies of 18 people near the city of Alexandroupolis. A hint of the scope of ...
The 2009 Greek forest fires were a series of massive wildfires that broke out across several areas in Greece during the summer of 2009. [2] The fires began in Grammatiko, about 25 mi (40 km) north-east of the Greek capital, Athens on 21 August 2009 and spread quickly towards the suburbs, engulfing fourteen towns within the next three days. 10,000 residents of Agios Stefanos were asked to ...