Fire

A 27-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to three years and six months in prison after being arrested for arson by investigative officers of the fire service in Ilia. 

According to the fire service's announcement, the fire occurred on Sunday in a plot of land in Kyllini, Peloponnese. 

After the sentencing, the 27-year-old was taken to Nafplio prison.

A Turkish family is awaiting answers after their restaurant in the Canadian province of Quebec was the target of two arson attacks in just over two weeks.

Pizza Mozza, owned by three brothers of Turkish origin, was first hit on the night of Aug. 31, resulting in minor damage. The second incident on Sept. 2 caused significant damage.

Very high risk of fire (risk category 4) is forecast for today Saturday for the region of Attica and areas of the regions of Peloponnese, Western Greece, Central Greece, Thessaly and Crete.

In the blackened remains of his workshop, sculptor Vangelis Ilias stacks what little is left of years of his efforts.

In August, a ferocious wildfire swept through the mountains north of Athens, pushing into the city and coming within feet of where Ilias created made-to-order tombstones, statues and other items out of white marble.

The fire service remains skeptical of the eco-militant group's claims of responsibility for the arson attack on an egg factory in Thessaloniki, as reported by MEGA TV on Thursday.

Based on initial findings, the fire service doubts that the fire was caused by arson. Instead, authorities suggest that the fire was caused by a short circuit.

A high school in western Athens was targeted in an arson attack early Thursday morning, police said. 

Authorities said unknown individuals used a gas canister to ignite a fire amid low grass at the yard of the 2nd High School of Aghia Varvara and and fled. 

The flames caused minor damages to the premises. 

With no active front, the fire that broke out on the morning of August 26, 2024, in Taygetos is without an active front, according to a post on “X” by the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, adding that the firefighting forces, who “day and night fought a hard battle” are facing “only scattered outbreaks.”

With the facts on the ground thus far indicating that this year has also been exceptionally severe, the fires will continue to be of concern until the season is over.

The ground and aerial firefighting battle means the fire burning in a difficult spot on Mount Paggaio, in Kavala, continues for the sixth day.

The competent authorities arrested the 44-year-old as the perpetrator responsible for causing two fires in rural land, with intent and repeated offenses (on August 24 and 25, 2024), in the area of Kerasitsa, Municipality of Tripoli in Arcadia.