Woman Arrested over Wildfires Which Raged for Three Days on the Greek Island of Chios

Woman arrested over wildfires which raged for three days on the Greek island of Chios

An arson investigation team had been examining the cause of the wildfires which started on Sunday and required 444 firefighters, along with several helicopters and aircraft, to bring them under control.

Greece wildfires: woman charged with unintentional arson after cigarette allegedly started blaze on Chios

Greek island has been battling several wildfires that broke out at the same time on Sunday and have so far ripped through an estimated 40,000 hectaresA Georgian woman accused of accidentally igniting one of several wildfires that have raged relentlessly across the eastern Aegean isle of Chios will appear in court to face charges of unintentional arson.Greek fire brigade officials said the woman, employed as a housekeeper on Chios, the ancestral …