By Angeliki Koutantou CHIOS, Greece (Reuters) -Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest ...

Hundreds of firefighters backed up by aircraft were battling a wildfire burning out of control for the third day on the eastern Aegean island of Chios Tuesday, with authorities issuing multiple ...

Chios is battling a fire that continues to rage on three active fronts, pushing firefighters to their limits in an all-night struggle.

She’d been smoking,” a Greek official said of a Georgian woman who was arrested after a blaze tore through 11,000 acres of Chios this week.

At least 190 extra firefighters are being deployed to the Aegean island as authorities predict heatwave conditions to take hold in coming days.

Firefighters battle with a large wildfire burning in Kofinas, on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, Greece, late Sunday, June 22, 2025. Credit: AP. By The Associated PressJune 23, 2025 4:47 am.

ATHENS, June 23 (Reuters) - Greece on Monday declared a state of emergency on Chios island, where hundreds of firefighters have been battling wildfires for a second day as winds further whipped up ...

Firefighters battle with a large wildfire burning in Karyes village, on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, Greece, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Pantelis Fykaris/Politischios.gr via AP) AP ...

Towering walls of flames tore through forest and agricultural land on the island of Chios, where authorities have declared a state of emergency. Now an evacuation order has been issued in part of Cret ...

VRONDADOS, Greece – It's pure rocket science, and residents of this Greek island village love it. While church bells ring in Orthodox Easter, thousands of homemade rockets streak across the ...

Chios, with 50,000 residents and famous for its leading role in Greece’s huge shipping industry, inhabits a distinctly different Covid-19 universe from Brussels, the headquarters of the European ...