In France, the world’s largest market, Rungis, is on fire, which can be compared to an entire city, where more than 12,000 people work. The fire, according to the fire service of Paris, started on Sunday in one of the warehouses. Thick black smoke covered the sky over the French capital. Representatives of emergency services […]
It took only 20 minutes for nothing to remain of the skyscraper in the Chinese city of Changsha. Hundreds of victims are believed to have been burned alive, suffocated in the smoke or jumped from a height. Inside the burning building of the state telecom operator China-telecom, according to local media, 35 tons of server […]
Four yachts were engulfed in flames when a fire broke out in the harbor of Gouvia on the island of Corfu on Wednesday, shortly after 4 p.m., the fire brigade said. The fire quickly spread from the 20-meter sailboat to nearby boats in a matter of seconds. According to local mass media the area is […]
A 65-year-old man has been arrested as the prime suspect in a massive fire on the island of Thassos. The fire department also has strong evidence that this person was responsible for the previous wildfire, in the same area, a week earlier. According to reports, the pensioner was considered a suspect from the very first […]
During a Sunday morning service in the Egyptian capital, a fire broke out in a crowded Coptic Orthodox church. Among the forty-one victims, there are 15 small children. The fire quickly filled the room with thick black smoke. Eyewitnesses say that several trapped parishioners jumped from the upper floors of the church of the martyr […]
Unbelievable, but true: against the backdrop of fires raging in Greece in Lesvos, a child was detained for deliberate arson. The ten-year-old boy liked to watch the work of firefighters, and he decided to arrange an interesting spectacle for himself – this is what the police detainee said. He confessed, he writes newsbeast.gr, that in […]
The fire and rescue service received an alarm in the afternoon on August 5: a fire broke out in Asteras Vouliagmenis. As you can see in the photo below, the fire is located not far from the well-known fashionable hotel. According to the fire brigade, the fire occurred in the warehouse, where building materials are […]
The fire that broke out in the area of Loutropyrgos in Nea Peramos, three kilometers from the Elefsina toll road, continues. 55 firefighters with 15 vehicles and three pedestrian units were sent to fight the elements, local water carriers help the fire brigade. Aviation means are also working to extinguish the fire, in particular, three […]
A large-scale fire broke out in the southern European part of Istanbul in a Greek hospital. There were elderly people in this hospital, 104 patients were evacuated, and 80 people were transferred to other hospitals, according to the state channel TRT Haber. The private hospital was founded in 1753 by the Greek community in the […]
The total area of land and forest land affected by the large forest fires that occurred in July this year in our country amounted to about 53,000 hectares. In the first week of July alone, a total of 378 forest fires were registered across the country, fire brigade spokesman Yiannis Artopios said. Only sand one […]
Every summer, Greece is faced with forest fires. How to protect your home? Some security measures really help keep it safe and sound. And it’s worth doing it right now. Subscribe to read the article and get full access to other restricted materials. I’m already a subscriber. 1 day 1€/1 day Subscribe 1 month 3€/1 […]
On August 1, an emergency occurred in Veria: a tractor truck crashed into a gas station and then caught fire. Looks like the truck driver stopped for coffee at a pastry shop in Veria. However, his car, somehow released from the handbrake, moved under its own power and crashed into a gas station, sweeping fuel […]