Two people were killed after a firefighting helicopter with four crew members aboard crashed into the sea off Greece, the coastguard and fire service has said. The two men, from Romania and Moldova, had been recovered unconscious in the water…
Television footage shows smoke still billowing from the ferry more than 72 hours after fire ripped through the vessel. Greek firefighters and coastguards have resumed the search for 10 people still missing from last week’s ferry fire that killed a…
A fire has broken out on a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy with 288 people on board, according to the Greek coast guard. The Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia was headed to the port of Brindisi from the Greek city of Igoumenitsa when…
World leaders at the COP26 summit in Glasgow are under pressure to respond to global warming, and intense heatwaves and frequent forest fires are becoming an increasing threat around the Mediterranean. This summer alone Greece was hit by thousands of…
The island of Evia, Greece’s second-largest, has been hit by floods months after devastating forest fires last summer destroyed about a third of its forest cover. There were no casualties from the heavy rains that hit the northern part of…
A major fire that broke out Sunday evening at the Vathy migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos, was brought under control, the Greek Ministry of Migration said. "There is no danger for those who are still there because…
Week of blazes forces evacuations and brings devastating scale of destruction to large areas of southern Europe The devastating scale of destruction from a week of wildfires in Greece and Italy was being assessed as the EU mounted one of…
Firefighters from Merseyside are being sent to Greece to lead a team of rescuers helping to tackle wildfires devastating parts of the country. The National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) national resilience team, which also includes firefighters from Lancashire, is responding…
Villages on Evia are evacuated as blaze rages across the island, and fires also threaten suburbs of Athens and historic Olympia At least 150 houses have been destroyed by a raging fire that surrounded a monastery and a dozen villages…
At least six Greek villages and two monasteries were evacuated on Wednesday night due to a major forest fire on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, about 90 km west of Athens, fire officials said. "The fire is raging…