By Angeliki Koutantou CHIOS, Greece (Reuters) -Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest ...

Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of several wildfires razing land and threatening homes on the island of Chios.Blazes broke out on Chios ...

Hundreds of firefighters backed by aircraft are battling a wildfire burning out of control for the third day on the eastern Aegean island of Chios with authorities issuing multiple evacuation orders ...

Chios is battling a fire that continues to rage on three active fronts, pushing firefighters to their limits in an all-night struggle.

Emergency services have issued evacuation orders for villages and settlements in the area since Sunday, when fires broke out near the island’s main town.

Amid a deadly heatwave across Europe, wildfires are burning in countries including Spain, Greece and Turkey. Hundreds of ...

An arson investigation team had been examining the cause of the wildfires which started on Sunday and required 444 ...

At least 190 extra firefighters are being deployed to the Aegean island as authorities predict heatwave conditions to take hold in coming days.

She’d been smoking,” a Greek official said of a Georgian woman who was arrested after a blaze tore through 11,000 acres of Chios this week.

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CHIOS, Greece, June 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest and ...