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Thousands of tourists and homeowners forced to evacuate after wildfire rips through Crete
At least 5,000 tourists were forced to evacuate parts of Crete as a massive wildfire scorched forests and olive groves on the Greek island. Around 230 firefighters, along with 46 engines and helicopters, rushed to tackle the blaze on Thursday, which broke out the day before in the forested hills near Lerapetra on the island’s southern coast.
Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, ...
The escalating migration crisis in Crete was dramatically underscored Sunday morning as a group of migrants arrived directly ...
Crete is ready to welcome tourists as normal following last week’s wildfire, which prompted the evacuation of around 1,500 ...
Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists. Firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.
In 1941, Nikos Xylouris was four years old when he witnessed German paratroopers, the Fallschirmjäger, descending upon his ...
Around 3,000 Crete residents have been evacuated and put up in temporary shelters, and people remaining in their homes have ...
Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced over 1,000 to ...
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