Residents just 30km away from Athens have fled their homes, as Greece's temperatures are forecast to reach 44C on Sunday.

A state of emergency is declared and an arson investigation launched after five separate fires were sparked within hours.

Firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios that have torn through swathes of forest and farmland and forced hundreds of villagers to evacuate, after it ...

The wildfire that erupted on Tuesday in densely vegetated forest in Feneos, in Greece's Peloponnese, has largely been brought ...

Greek civil protection authorities warned on Friday of an extremely high wildfire risk across large parts of the country this ...

Greece on Saturday requested EU help to battle wildfires that have sprung up in different regions, one of the worst just ...

Hundreds of firefighters backed by aircraft were battling a wildfire burning out of control for the third day on the eastern Greek island of Chios on Tuesday, with authorities issuing multiple ...

Coastal blaze triggers evacuation orders, days after state of emergency declared over fires on Aegean island of Chios.

Firefighters battle with a wildfire burning in Kofinas, on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, Greece, late Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Pantelis Fykaris/Politischios.gr via AP) Photo Gallery ...

Greece arrests Georgian suspected of fuelling Chios fire with cigarette. By Reuters. June 25, 2025 2:52 PM UTC Updated June 25, 2025 Item 1 of 7 Destroyed cars stand on scorched ...