# Greek Wildfires

This year

2023

Greece blaze is 'largest wildfire ever recorded in EU'

Eleven planes and one helicopter from the EU fleet have been sent to help Greece counter the fire.

14.9k

Aug 29th 2023, 7:00 PM

Greek police arrest 140 on suspicion of arson as firefighters struggle to contain blazes

In the last two days, 19 people believed to be migrants – including two children – have been killed in forest blazes.

12.3k

Aug 23rd 2023, 7:24 PM

Wildfires reach outskirts of Athens as strong gusts of wind cause flare-ups around Greece

Firefighters also battled flames on Rhodes for a 10th successive day.

7.9k

Jul 27th 2023, 1:59 PM

Over 2,000 evacuated from Corfu as Greece's largest-ever wildfire evacuation continues

It comes as tens of thousands of people fled wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes yesterday.

13.3k

Jul 24th 2023, 7:48 AM

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Greek megafires highlight failure to prepare, experts say

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the blazes as an “ecological disaster”.

7.2k

Aug 18th 2021, 7:48 AM

'He showed people how to be a human being': His Blood Bikes East colleagues pay tribute to Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp

O’Callaghan-Westropp died after being caught up in the Greek wildfires this summer.

15.6k

Dec 29th 2018, 6:00 PM

Greek wildfire death toll climbs to 88

Forensics experts have faced a difficult task trying to identify the bodies.

7.9k

Jul 28th 2018, 2:15 PM