Wildfire

Curfew in forested Halkidiki areas

Vice-Regional Governor of Halkidiki, Katerina Zografou, announced on Wednesday a pedestrian and vehicle curfew from 8 am to 8 pm on Thursday in wooded areas of Halkidiki that are at high risk for wildfires.

In particular, this will affect the Kassandra and Sithonia peninsulas, as well as the Aristoteli municipality.

Bulgarian Firefighters will Help with the Fires in Greece - 200 Reports of Fires in Bulgaria in the Last 24 hours

Bulgarian firefighters are leaving for Greece today to help deal with the raging large forest fires. Bulgarian firefighters are expected to assist the Greek ground firefighting teams in the area of Alexandropoulis.

European firefighters and planes join battle against wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece

Water-dropping planes from several European countries joined hundreds of firefighters Wednesday battling wildfires raging for days across Greece that left 20 people dead, while major blazes also burned in Spain's Tenerife and in northwestern Turkey near the Greek border.

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