Greece arrests 281 over fire offences this year
Deliberate arson accounts for 29 of the cases, while the summer's most destructive blaze near Athens has been traced to a private power line.
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Greece’s ageing power grid accounts for 75 per cent of land burned this year
Fires traced to the electricity network destroyed more than 14,600 hectares and killed four people in late July alone, preliminary fire brigade findings show.
Greek court remands Stylida mayor on arson charge over Athens wildfire
The blaze that swept from Boeotia into western Attica has been traced to a private power line built by the mayor's own company.
Deadly fire near Lyon in France possibly tied to drug violence
Authorities said it is still too early to know whether anyone in particular was targeted.
‘Green’ activists torch 17 lorries at French slaughterhouse
A group identifying as radical "anti-speciesist" activists has claimed responsibility for setting fire to 17 vehicles at the Paris Terroirs pig slaughterhouse in…
Swiss local authorities admit inspections failure at burnt-out bar
Swiss local authorities admitted Tuesday they failed to conduct periodic fire and safety inspections over the past five years at a bar where an inferno killed 40…
‘Possibly politically motivated’ arson attack leaves 20,000 Berliners without electricity
Thousands of households in the German capital Berlin have been left without electricity following an arson attack.
Suspected arson attack shuts major German high-speed rail links
A fire under a railway line in Hirschaid, Bavaria, caused the shut-down of the high-speed rail connection between the German capital Berlin and the South German…
‘Left-wing extremists’ torch dozens of Amazon vans in Berlin
Unknown perpetrators have set fire to dozens of delivery vans in two coordinated attacks in Berlin in the morning of June 17.
Eco-activists claim they carried out Munich arson attacks
Left-wing climate activists have claimed responsibility for a series of arson attacks targeting 4x4 vehicles in Munich, Germany.