Occupational safety and health

Crews continued to battle a wildfire in the Pierian Mountains of the central Macedonia region for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.

The firefighting operation comprises 36 fire engines manned by a crew of 150 members, along with nine teams of firefighters on foot, supplemented by two water-dropping helicopters.

Firefighting operations persist on Monday against a wildfire that erupted Sunday noon in the northern regional unit of Pieria. 

The rugged terrain and dense vegetation hamper efforts to contain the blaze, the firefighting department reported. The fire, situated at an altitude of 1,700 meters amid tall deciduous and coniferous trees, primarily burns dead fuel and foliage. 

Greek environmental organization Ecogenia announced on Wednesday its upcoming collaboration with the US Embassy in Greece within the framework of the "From California to Olympus" project, focusing on mobilizing young people to build it climate resilience at local level in the country, in a period when the climate crisis and natural disasters are a matter of the highest priority for Greece

Search teams have reached the pickup truck used by the miners trapped beneath the soil before the landslide hit the mining site in the eastern province of Erzincan, forming the first trace found over a month after the incident.

It took 94 firefighters and more than two hours to put out the flames

The London Fire Brigade reported on the X network that 11 people were treated for smoke inhalation and that around 130 residents had to be evacuated from the building where the fire broke out and neighboring buildings.

Bangladesh firefighters said Friday that glaring safety lapses were responsible for a Dhaka restaurant blaze that killed 45 people, with more deaths likely among those rushed to hospital in critical condition.

Thursday night's fire began at a popular biryani restaurant at the bottom of a seven-floor commercial property in the capital's upscale Bailey Road neighbourhood.

A devastating fire tore through a 14-story apartment building in Valencia, Spain, claiming the lives of at least four individuals and injuring 14 others, including a child and six firefighters. The blaze erupted on the 4th floor, swiftly spreading to higher levels and prompting a frantic evacuation effort.

Deaths from flu and covid rose to 48 last week, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Thursday, with an average age of 85.

Of the deceased, 40 were infected with Covid-19, while eight were infected with flu.

The focus of the debates has intensified on a series of severe negligence persisting for months that led to a landslide in a gold mine in the eastern province of Erzincan, with efforts steeping up to locate missing workers.