Fire

The fire spread over 1500 hectares of forest. 500 families were evacuated as their homes were threatened by fire. Reports Bnt. 

One person was arrested and charged with arson. A California man held campfire for several days, but subsequently lost control of the fireplace. If found guilty, he may get up to seven years in prison.

A fire broke out late Wednesday near the migrant hotspot on the eastern Aegean island of Samos.

Efforts to contain the fire were hampered by strong winds, but firefighters were finally able to bring the blaze under control.

A former prison, the camp was originally laid out for 700 people, but currently houses more than 2,200 migrants.

A restaurant on the seaside walk in Varna was burned that night, the police said in the seaside town. Reports Btv.

There were no injured people in the incident. The alert was sent to 112 at 2:20. Four fire trucks have been sent to the site, which controlled the fire and have been able to suppress it.

For the last seven days, more than 130 fires have been extinguished in the country.

This was announced by Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov, Director of Fire Safety and Protection of the Population, reported bTV.

The deep emotions produced by the tragic scenes of fire burning forests and mountainsides are desperate for relief. Between logic and emotion, there should be room for experience and knowledge, as it is understandable that tempers are much shorter in the face of so much destruction of the environment and property.

Greek authorities think arson could be behind a series of fires fire raging on several fronts on the western Greek island of Zakynthos.

The country's fire service says there are "well-founded suspicions of foul play" after five fires broke out late Saturday and early Sunday, followed by another three on Sunday morning.

Police in Patra, western Greece, are searching for a serial arsonist, or arsonists, with a penchant for setting fires to parked cars and motorcycles. According to reports, two more motorcycles were torched Friday morning, while an attempt was made to set fire to a car.

Officers are investigating some 13 similar arson attacks carried out since last Sunday.

A total of 11 fires erupted in the same building in 10 days in the Marmara province of Balıkesir. Police have suspected "pyromania" in relation to the incidents, daily Habertürk has reported.

More than 2,300 hectares of land was burnt by the recent wildfire that swept across much of the island of Kythira, according to data collected by the FireHub radar system of the National Observatory of Athens's BEYOND center, which monitors natural disasters in Southeastern Europe.

Firefighters have extinguished nearly 200 fires across the country for the last 24 hours.

This was announced by the Senior Commissioner Asen Ignatov, Deputy Director of "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" - Ministry of Interior, according to bTV.

And there is no heavy fire that we can not handle, he added.