Greek island of Chios declares emergency as wildfires rage for second day By Reuters June 23, 202511:43 PM PDTUpdated June 23, 2025 ...

In 2016 wildfires caused ‘catastrophic’ damage to the island, tearing through 3,500 hectares and destroying around 90% of mastic trees in some areas.

On Chios, an intense wildfire in 2012 wiped out more than half of the island's iconic mastic - a tree resin used in cooking and pharmaceuticals - disrupting the global supply of the so-called ...

Firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios that have torn through swathes of forest and farmland and forced hundreds of villagers to evacuate, after it ...

On Chios, an intense wildfire in 2012 wiped out more than half of the island's iconic mastic - a tree resin used in cooking and pharmaceuticals - disrupting the global supply of the so-called ...

On Chios, an intense wildfire in 2012 wiped out more than half of the island's iconic mastic - a tree resin used in cooking and pharmaceuticals - disrupting the global supply of the so-called ...

A 35-year-old housekeeper was arrested in Greece on Tuesday in connection with devastating wildfires that tore across the island of Chios this week, officials said. “She’d been smoking ...

Hundreds of people were evacuated from villages on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday as wildfires raged on for a third day. Local authorities have declared a state of emergency as hundreds of ...

Hundreds of firefighters in Greece are battling a series of wildfires on the island of Chios, where officials declared an emergency and more than a dozen communities were evacuated. Three blazes ...

By Tuesday morning, nearly 450 firefighters, 85 fire engines, 11 helicopters, and two water-dropping planes had been scrambled to help tackle the flames, the island's fire department said.

Greece evacuated parts of the east Aegean Sea island of Chios as firefighters struggled to contain a total of five blazes that broke out over the past two days.