Prefectures of Greece

The Scientific Risk Assessment Committee met at noon on Thursday (22/8) due to the severe weather conditions that will prevail in the coming days and is currently being chaired by the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilias, inter-ministerial – coordination meeting with the participation of representatives of local authorities and all Civil Protection agencies.

Two bear cubs have been killed after being hit by a vehicle in the northwestern prefecture of Florina.

The remains of the two bears were found on Monday morning by motorists on the Florina-Kozani national road.

A number of regions in the country have been designated as having a very high risk of fire (Category 4) on Saturday, according to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection at the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.

A very high risk of fire (risk category 4) is forecast today, Friday, August 16, in several areas of the country.

According to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, the areas prone to fire are:

Fires broke out on Wednesday in Larissa, Argolis and Aetolia-Acarnania.

In Larissa, Thessaly, a fire erupted at a business site in the Omorfokhori area, within the municipality of Kileler.

A total of 32 firefighters with 10 vehicles have been dispatched to the scene, with a helicopter assisting from the air.

Panagiotis Karipoglou, president of the Serres Bar Association, will file a complaint with the chief prosecutor over the ongoing fire on Mount Orvilos, near Greece's northern border with Bulgaria.

Disturbing results emerge from the updated analysis of the burnt areas from forest fires of the last 8 years (2017-present) in the continental part of the Attica Region.

Between 2017 and 13 August 2024, 13 major wildfires have burned more than 700,000 acres according to reports from the Copernicus Rapid Mapping Service and the European Forest Fire Observatory (EFFIS).

A wildfire broke out Sunday in a forested area in Tsamantas, Thesprotia in the northern region of Epirus.

Strong firefighting forces have been deployed to the scene, including ground crews, five aircraft and a helicopter. 

Four human traffickers, three foreigners and one Greek, were arrested on Saturday in the northern regions of Rhodope and Evros.

Police from the Rhodope and Alexandroupolis departments made the arrests.

Hellenic Police announced on Monday that they are appealing for information regarding a fatal traffic accident that took place on Sunday morning in the Fylis area of western Athens.

According to the announcement, at 4:50 a.m. on Sunday on Prometheus Street, at the level of Isminis Street in the Fylis area, a black Smart collided with a light pole and overturned, killing the driver.