A mother and her two minor children were killed in a fire that broke out at their home in Thessaloniki early Wednesday morning. It is reported that the 32-year-old mother tried to open the door of the house and take the children, aged 8 and 11, out of the burning house, but died before she […]
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Fifth body found on burned-out Euroferry Olympia
The sea vessel “Euroferry Olympia”, on which a fire broke out during a voyage from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi, was towed to the port of the island of Astakos. Another body is found by rescuers in the late afternoon on a burned-out ferry, resulting in death toll rises to five. Two more bodies were found in […]
Tragedy in Kolonaki: a woman died in a fire
The fire occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, January 29 in the apartment of a multi-storey building located in the Kolonaki metropolitan area. According to the fire brigade, this is an apartment on the third floor of a house on the street. Likovitt. Reinforced fire brigade squads arrived at the scene of the incident: 7 […]
Greece: area of scorched lands increased by 500%
As a result of 66 major forest fires this year in Greece, the area of the scorched land amounted to about 522,000 hectares. The report on wildfires in our country this year is tragic: Greece is at the top of the list of the largest burnt-out areas among the Mediterranean countries. According to the European […]
2,500-year-old olive tree burned down in fires in Evia
On the burning island of Evia for a week now, a unique olive tree has burned down, giving its fruits and coolness in the shade of its branchy branches for more than two and a half millennia. The 2,500-year-old olive tree was destroyed by fire yesterday as a result of ongoing forest fires. It grew […]