Fire Service

An elderly couple was rescued from a house in Pylaia, Thessaloniki, after a fire broke out around 4 p.m., from an as-yet unknown cause.

The man and woman were safely evacuated with the assistance of the Fire Service and are in good health.

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Twelve firefighters with six vehicles worked to extinguish the blaze.

A preliminary investigation was ordered into the elevator collapse at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's student accommodation.

The incident occurred Monday night, with no students inside the elevator at the time. No injuries were reported.

The Fire Service has announced that 19 wildfires erupted in forests and farmland in the past 24 hours.

Of those, 15 were promptly put out and four are still live, the Fire Service said.

A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in a forested area near Platanitsa, Kalavryta, in the Peloponnese.

Authorities dispatched 42 firefighters along with two ground teams and 12 vehicles, as well as two aircraft and two helicopters to combat the blaze.

A wildfire raging since Sunday morning in the Corinth regional unit is the largest of the 27 fires that broke out in forest and farmland areas across Greece over the past 24 hours.

The Fire Service says that 22 of those fires were swiftly put under control before spreading out and firefighters are still trying to put out the other fight.

Firefighting forces were further strengthened in the afternoon as they battled a wildfire in a forested area in Rozena, Xylokastro, Corinthia. According to the latest update from the Fire Service, the fire is advancing toward the settlement of Pyrgos.

In his Sunday post, Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the contacts he had with expatriates in New York during his visit for the UN General Assembly, emphasizing the need they expressed to be able to vote by mail in national elections. As the Prime Minister said, he will “push” the process forward, believing that no party will oppose it.

Severe problems were caused by the heavy downpour that hit Rhodes earlier Wednesday afternoon as part of the “Atena” storm. The heavy rainfall caused significant difficulties for traffic within the city.

The Fire Service responded to 38 wildfires across Greece on Monday. Twenty-nine of the fires were quickly contained, while efforts continue to extinguish nine others, with aerial support deployed for seven of them.

The intense thunderstorms that hit the island of Evia, central Greece, on Friday morning have caused four fires, the Fire Service said.

The blazes started in the municipalities of Kymi-Aliveri and Eretria. Thirty-five firefighters with 14 vehicles, three water bombers and one helicopter are at the scene, it added.