Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of several wildfires razing ...

Hundreds of firefighters backed by aircraft are battling a wildfire burning out of control for the third day on the eastern ...

Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of several wildfires razing ...

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.

The wildfire on Chios, which consumed approximately 2,500 hectares of forest, low vegetation, and arable land, has now been contained.

One local with family in Chios, editor of Neos Kosmos Sotiris Hatzimanolis, said that the locals on Chios are “frustrated and ...

It comes after hundreds of firefighters battled to contain the outbreak that has torn through swathes of forest and farmland ...

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 ...

A woman has been arrested by Greek police in connection with a series of wildfires on the Greek island of Chios. Blazes broke out on Sunday and tore through 10,000 acres of mainly bush and pasture ...

A Georgian woman was arrested in Greece, suspected of causing a wildfire on Chios island by discarding a cigarette. The fires ...

A large wildfire has broken out south of Athens, forcing evacuations and road closures near the ancient Temple of Poseidon ...

ATHENS - 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. Read more ...