Keratea

Two wildfires that burned near Athens since Sunday, destroying dozens of houses and vehicles had eased by Monday morning, officials said.

Two large wildfires were blazing in Attica Sunday afternoon. The earliest, south of the town of Keratea, has already burned through homes and cars, but no casualties had been reported as of 5.20 p.m. local.

Strong winds are helping spread the fires. In Keratea, the blaze, which started at around 1 p.m. is headed south and could get close to the town of Lavrio,

The Fire in Keratea that broke out just before 12:00 noon in the Plaka area.

Information so far says that homes have been burned. So far, 52 rescues and dozens of evacuations of homes have been carried out.

Meanwhile, traffic regulations are currently in effect and according to the Traffic Police, the following diversions remain in effect in the area of Lavreotiki:

A wildfire broke out southeast of the Greek capital in Keratea on Saturday morning, with residents in two settlements told to move to a safer area.

Forty-five firefighters with 17 vehicles, two units on foot, two water bombers and two helicopters have been deployed, the fire service said. 

A big wildfire broke out southeast of the Greek capital near Keratea on Saturday evening, with residents in one settlement told to move to a safer area.

The flames were burning low grassland but there were scattered houses in the area which could be threatened. More than 100 firefighters with 30 vehicles and four units on foot have been deployed, the fire service said. The 

Police dismantled a criminal group operating in the eastern Attica districts of Lavrio, Keratea and Koropi, responsible for numerous burglaries.

The group, including two minors, was caught Monday afternoon in the Legrena settlement after fleeing a burglarized home.

Eleven large-scale fires in the Attica Region from 2017 to the end of July 2023 have destroyed over 55,000 hectares (550,000 stremmas), the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr said on Monday after data provided by the European Union's Copernicus mapping services and the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).

Greek pharmaceuticals manufacturer ELPEN will have completed investments of 155 million euros by the end of 2025 in production and research facilities with a total area of 55,000 sq.m., said the vice president of ELPEN Pharmaceutical and co-CEO of ELPEN Group, Theodoros Tryfon, on Tuesday.

With the fire in Vilia not extinguished, another fire in Lavreotiki sounded the alarm in the early hours of Friday, but fortunately with a happy ending.

The fire reached a breath from a settlement that fortunately was not in danger, with the mayor of Lavreotiki reporting an arson after a flare.

Evacuation order via 112

The fire in Keratea is in progress. Firefighters, ground and air, are trying to contain it but strong winds blowing in the area are not their ally. Three settlements have already been evacuated, namely Markati, Synterina and Agios Konstantinos, while the traffic police has suspended traffic.

At the same time, there are questions about how the front started