According to Reuters, thousands were evacuated late last week as Crete endured gale force winds that exacerbated wildfires ...

Wind and dry conditions raise the risk that blazes might restart in areas of the island where they had already been contained ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Firefighters were battling a wildfire on the Greek island of Evia on Saturday which was burning forests and ...

Firefighters are struggling to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale ...

Firefighters were on alert on the island of Crete on Friday (July 4) after a wildfire razed forests and olive groves and ...

Crete is ready to welcome tourists as normal following last week’s wildfire, which prompted the evacuation of around 1,500 ...

A fast-moving wildfire on the Greek island of Crete forces evacuations of homes and hotels. Authorities say the fire, driven ...

Around 3,000 Crete residents have been evacuated and put up in temporary shelters, and people remaining in their homes have ...

At least 1,500 people have been evacuated from parts of Crete as a massive wildfire continues to blaze on the Greek island.

Scattered hotspots still remain, but the situation has largely improved. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The blaze comes as southern Europe contends with an acute summer heatwave which has killed people in several countries.

A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills the sky over southern Crete ...