Fleeing drivers clogged highways into Athens, hampering the firefighting effort. It has been the deadliest fire season to hit Greece in more than a decade when more than 60 people were killed in 2007.

Athens’ current metro infrastructure provides a reliable transportation alternative, with links to the airport and ferry port at Pirus. Additional public transportation options include a ...

Greece regularly battles major wildfires that become deadly. Its hot, dry, windy summers combined with native pine forests and combustible undergrowth create the ideal environment for blazes to ...

Greece’s worst wildfire of the year has ripped through the Attica region toward the capital Athens at lightning speed, tracking a devastating course that killed a woman, torched thousands of ...

Beaches around Athens have been evacuated as Greek firefighters and water bombing planes attempted to tackle a brutal wildfire that threatens much of southern Greece. The latest inferno broke out ...

Greece continued to battle deadly wildfires on Tuesday, 48 hours after a giant wall of flame spread to just six miles from Athens city centre.. The fires had eased by the morning, but fears over ...

ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes around the Greek capital, as firefighters battled Tuesday to contain the country's worst wildfire so far this year and ...

Greece’s worst wildfire of the year has ripped through the Attica region toward the capital Athens at lightning speed, tracking a devastating course that killed a woman, torched thousands of ...