Greek Red Cross volunteers rescued families trapped in the sea after they waded into deep water to escape wildfires this week. The blaze broke out at noon in Vrachnaiika, western Greece, on Tuesday ...

Fire is an essential part of most people’s everyday lives. We use it to cook dinner on the stove, make our homes cozier, keep ourselves warm during the winter time and light up the candles on a cake ...

Hundreds of firefighters battled a deadly wildfire near Athens for a second day on Saturday, with strong winds raising fears it could spread. A fire department spokesman said more than 260 ...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday said he assumed "political responsibility" for the countrys deadliest wildfires as a bitter debate raged over who was to blame for the tragedy. The ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece's third-largest city and at least three deaths reported in ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. ATHENS - The number of dead from a fire which ripped through a Greek coastal town reached at least 81 on ...

ATHENS — Greece’s minister responsible for the police, Nikos Toskas, quit on Friday after scores died in wildfires near Athens last month, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ office said. “The prime ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A dog that survived last week’s devastating wildfire in Greece has been rescued from an outdoor brick oven where it found refuge after the deadly blaze. Video made public after ...

ATHENS — The bodies of two people thought to have fled into the sea to escape the wildfires that ravaged coastal towns near Athens last week have been recovered, port police said on Tuesday.

As climate change brings unprecedented levels of heat and drought, the country’s unpaid fire brigades are bracing for the worst in the absence of state support. A volunteer in Greece unrolls a ...