Wildfire response plans overhauled in Greece ahead of summer fire season

Greek authorities announced new plans on Thursday to combat wildfires, which frequently devastate the country. The changes involve increasing staffing in specialized forest firefighting units. The initiative follows extensive wildfires last year that resulted in over 20 fatalities and significant destruction of

2 reported injured in Western Australia wildfire

A wildfire burning out of control on the outskirts of the Australian west coast city of Perth on Thursday destroyed at least two homes and injured two people, officials said. An emergency warning was issued for the eastern suburb of Parkerville where

Greek wildfire now EU's largest on record as it enters 11th day

The wildfire that has spent the last week-and-a-half burning through northeastern Greece is now the European Union’s largest since the turn of the millennium. The European Forest Fire Information System began keeping records in 2000, less than a decade after its parent

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