Arson

A wildfire broke out in low vegetation in Viotia, northwest of Athens, on Friday. 

The Fire Service said ground and air forces were at the area of Agia Triada, together with a team from arson unit. It was not clear if authorities had found indications that the blaze was an arson.

The local investigative offices and teams of the Directorate of Arson Investigation are investigating the causes of the fires

A car was destroyed in an explosion in the capital's Patissia district in the early hours of Monday morning, in what police believe to be an arson attack.

A second vehicle sustained damage in the blast, which occurred at 5 a.m. at the intersection of Kaftatzoglou and Samara streets. 

German authorities have arrested a suspect over allegedly carrying out an arson attack on a building in Solingen that killed four members of a Turkish-origin Bulgarian family last month.

In what could be a foretaste of the summer, the Fire Service said on Thursday that a total of 67 blazes in forest and agricultural areas occurred in a 24-hour period between Wednesday and Thursday.

Of these, the Fire Service said 56 were dealt with immediately, at their initial stage, while firefighters were tackling 11 more.

A forest fire broke out in the Elafos area of Larissa, central Greece, with 70 fires reported nationwide in the past 24 hours, according to the fire brigade. 

In Larissa, 42 firefighters, supported by two foot patrol teams, 14 vehicles, and aircraft, are battling the blaze. 

Of the nationwide fires, 57 were swiftly contained, while 13 remain active. 

A 53-year-old woman and her 47-year-old partner are facing trial on charges of arson and assault after a domestic violence incident led to a house being set on fire Wednesday night in a village near the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

Members of a Corinthian family that lived in an underground hovel with a 30-meter-long tunnel were found to have stashed weapons in the structure, police said on Friday.

Unknown assailants carried out an arson attack on vehicles on the University Campus in the Zografou district, eastern Athens, in the early hours of Sunday.

According to state-run broadcaster ERT, a group of individuals exited the campus and set fire to parked vehicles before returning to the university grounds.

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced to death the perpetrator of a 2019 arson attack on an animation studio that killed 36 people, local media reported.

The blaze that ripped through the studios of Kyoto Animation four-and-a-half years ago was Japan's deadliest crime in decades, stunning the anime industry and its fans around the world.