Greece: Wildfire tears through southern Crete - forcing more than 1,500 to flee homes and hotels A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills ...

Fires in Greece’s Crete and near Athens extinguished; two dead in Turkiye No casualties in Greece as fires in southern Crete and the port of Rafina are put out; two die after blaze in western ...

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists, officials said on Thursday.

Around 3,000 Crete residents have been evacuated and put up in temporary shelters, and people remaining in their homes have been told to close 'all the doors and windows' ...

ATHENS: A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of residents and tourists, officials said on Thursday (Jul 3). Hot, dry weather in ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to ...

A wildfire on the island of Crete that forced the evacuation of 5,000 tourists and locals is "retreating," Greek firefighters told AFP on Friday, but a new blaze fanned by strong winds is ...

Link Copied! More than 200 firefighters are struggling to tackle an out-of-control wildfire on Crete — Greece’s largest island and a tourist hotspot — as authorities order mass evacuations.

A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop on one of the last pockets of a wildfire burning near Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 4, 2025.

Firefighters battled through the night and into Thursday morning against a rapidly spreading forest fire on Greece's largest island, Crete. The firefighting service said 270 firefighters, 10 ...

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists, officials have said. An elderly man died in ...

By Reuters | July 4, 2025, at 4:42 a.m. ... Reuters A destroyed car stands in the aftermath of a wildfire near Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis ...