Greece Fire-Related Arrests Rise to More Than 160 as Firefighters Continue to Battle Wildfires

Flames burn a forest during wildfires near the village of Sykorrahi, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region of Greece, on Aug. 23, 2023. Achilleas Chiras/AP Photo

ATHENS, Greece—Fire officials in Greece arrested two men on Aug. 26 for allegedly deliberately setting fires, bringing the total of people arrested on fire-related charges to 165 since the start of the fire-prevention season.

One man was arrested on the island of Evia for allegedly setting fire to dry grass in the Karystos area. The fire department said the man confessed to having set four other fires in the area in July and August.