The UK Government has issued a travel warning to Brits planning on traveling to Crete as wildfires burn through Greece’s southern island.

Greece’s Civil Protection has warned of Very High Fire Risk – Category 4 – in several parts of the country on July 3 and 4, 2025. Fire Risk Forecast Maps are issued by the General Secretariat of Civil ...

Hundreds evacuated from hotels and homes in Greece as fires tear through holiday island - Greek fire department warns that ...

Scores of residents and tourists were evacuated and moved to a temporary shelter at an indoor stadium in Ierapetra. Some left ...

A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of ...

People ordered to leave homes, hotels, and rental rooms in the nearby Ferma municipality as flames fanned by gale force-winds ...

A fast-moving wildfire on the Greek island of Crete forces evacuations of homes and hotels. Authorities say the fire, driven ...

The absence of heavy winds, which often complicates firefighting in Greece in the warmest months of the year, had helped efforts to tame the blaze, the fire brigade official said. Sitting at Europe's ...

Crews in Greece working to contain deadly wildfires Firefighters and milder winds have helped tame a spate of active wildfires surrounding Athens, but the risk for flare ups remains, officials ...

A large wildfire has scorched 25,000 acres of land — twice the size of Manhattan — on the fringes of Athens, the capital of and largest city in Greece, according to European satellite images ...

AS wildfires continue in Greece, holidaymakers will be wondering whether it’s safe to travel to the country. Parts of Greece, including an area 24 miles north of Athens, and a stretch of pine… ...