FIRE


Lavrio deputy mayor faces prosecution over suspected arson
NEWS

The deputy mayor of Lavreotiki Municipality was presented before a prosecutor on Wednesday at the Athens Misdemeanor Court after being arrested as the suspected arsonist behind a fire that erupted on Tuesday in an outdoor agricultural waste disposal area in Lavrio. 

Rains are scarce in the Amazon. Instead, megafires are raging
THE NEW YORK TIMES

By this time of the year, rain should be drenching large swaths of the Amazon rainforest. Instead, a punishing drought has kept the rains at bay, creating dry conditions for fires that have engulfed hundreds of square miles of the rainforest that do not usually burn.


Prosecutor targets nine over Mati fire
NEWS

A prosecutor on Tuesday asked for guilty verdicts for nine of the 21 defendants in the trial regarding the response to the deadly fire that ripped through the East Attica town of Mati in July 2018, claiming 104 lives. 

Prosecutor seeks 9 guilty verdicts over Mati fire
NEWS

A prosecutor has recommended that nine out of the 21 defendants be found guilty in the trial regarding the response to the deadly fire that ripped through the East Attica suburb of Mati in July 2018.




Prosecutor seeks guilty verdicts over Mati fire
NEWS

The prosecutor in the ongoing trial regarding the response to the deadly fire that ripped through the East Attica suburb of Mati in July 2018 highlighted what he described as huge deficiencies in firefighting and aerial means, in coordination, prevention and extinguishing measures, holding the defendants responsible for criminal acts and omissions.

Two wildfires break out on Zakynthos island
NEWS

A wildfire broke out on Sunday in the village of Kato Gerakari on the island of Zakynthos. Strong firefighting forces swiftly responded to the scene as powerful winds, reaching up to 8 Beaufort, swept through the area. 


9 key revelations in Maui’s first review of the Lahaina inferno
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Six months after a firestorm destroyed the town of Lahaina, Hawaii, a detailed new report on the tragedy reveals that a large number of victims died along a single street – a stark indication of the ferocity of the blaze that swept through the historic island town, killing 100 people.

Two dead in Viotia monastery fire
NEWS

A fire broke out Thursday night at the Holy Monastery of St Nicholas in Ypsilandis, Viotia, to the northwest of Athens leaving two nuns dead.