Probe into Evia blaze focuses on two suspects, possible short circuit

Greek authorities pressed on on Friday with an investigation into the causes of a large wildfire that ravaged large swaths of forestland on the island of Evia for three days earlier this week, questioning two suspects in a possible arson scenario, while also exploring the possibility that the blaze was not intentional. 

Officers of the Greek fire department's special arson section (DAEE) have gained access to the telephone records of a 33-year-old man believed to be a possible arson suspect, Kathimerini understands.

Investigators aim to establish whether the suspect's alibi - that he was not in the area at the time of the fire - holds up.

Authorities' suspicions were raised as the man had been arrested in August last year in connection with a total of nine cases of arson around the villages of Stavros and Kontodespoti, not far from the spot that this year's...