Greece wildfires

Authorities have placed eight regions on heightened alert for June 19, as the potential for wildfires is rated at level 3.

Greece annually faces the specter of catastrophic summer wildfires every season, especially in the southern half of the country and several major islands

Authorities issued a warning via the 112 system, urging those in the vicinity of the fire in Evia to remain alert

Meanwhile, shortly after 2:00 p.m., authorities sent an emergency alert via 112 to residents in the area, urging them to remain on standby and be prepared

According to Greece’s Fire Service, 44 agricultural and forest fires broke out in just the past 24 hours. Firefighters managed to contain 39 of them quickly, while five fires were still being battled late Sunday afternoon

Fires broke out in several regions of Greece on Saturday, including in fields and close to rural communities. Firefighting teams are battling the blazes.

The fire broke out early on Wednesday at a waste disposal site.

Temperatures have returned to seasonal norms, but the winds have picked up, putting several of Greece's regions on high alert for fires.

The blaze near Anavyssos, southeast of Athens, generated a notification towards local residents to evacuate the immediate region

While courtrooms deliberate and governments legislate, those who survived the 2018 fire continue to bear the real cost of the catastrophe

End-of-the-season blaze erupts on well-known eastern Aegean Island on Saturday afternoon

The officeholder in the Xylokastro municipality is accused of 'smoking' beehives in a rural area during a high-risk period for fires; blaze killed two people

A portion of the same prefecture, Ilia, was devastated by a multi-front wildfire in August 2007, that claimed 36 lives

The wildfire managed to take enormous proportions, reaching a united front of 32 kilometers, its smoke painting skies crimson across Greece

Flames have reached as far as the mountain resort settlement of Trikala, with a front burning in remote and inaccessible land

A six-kilometer stretch of the main Athens-Patras tollway near the resort town of Xylokastro was closed, with traffic diverted to a provincial roadway

Two men died in the massive blaze, while according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), the burned areas in the region reach nearly 4,200 hectares

Minister of Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilias held an emergency coordination meeting to assess the situation and organize forces for the night

An arrest warrant was issued for the woman’s 17-year-old son on felony charges of actually causing the blazes

While proving to be a relief in many cases, concerns over flooding arose, especially where wildfires scorched forest and brushland this past month