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The New York Times · 5h

Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island

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.

Sky News on MSN · 5h

Woman arrested over wildfires which raged for three days on the Greek island of Chios

An arson investigation team had been examining the cause of the wildfires which started on Sunday and required 444 firefighters, along with several helicopters and aircraft, to bring them under control.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfires on Greece's Chios island for third day

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 and farmland and forced hundreds of villagers to evacuate,

Al Jazeera on MSN36m

Greece battles wildfire near capital as summer’s first heatwave hits

Coastal blaze triggers evacuation orders, days after state of emergency declared over fires on Aegean island of Chios.

1don MSN

Greece holds Georgian suspected of fuelling Chios fire with cigarette

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

45m

Wildfire prompts evacuations near Athens as summer's first heat wave hits Greece

A large wildfire broke out Thursday south of Athens, prompting authorities to send phone alerts urging the evacuation of five ...

8h

Woman faces arson charges after her cigarette sparks Chios wildfire

The accused, a Georgian national working as a housekeeper, has reportedly admitted to causing the fire during questioning by ...

Greek Reporter3d

Chios Fire: Battle Rages on Three Fronts as Arson Suspected

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

3d

‘Stay away’ warning for Irish tourists as ‘dangerous & unpredictable’ wildfires rage across popular holiday island

IRISH tourists have been warned to “stay away” from towering wildfires fanned by strong winds that are ravaging the Greek ...

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