Greece’s Civil Protection authority sent emergency 112 messages urging residents to limit movement in coastal areas of Chios and Serifos, while African dust and strong winds forced school closures and a carnival postponement in Heraklion, Crete

Mayor of Serifos describes the blaze as a disaster of 'Biblical' proportions with a 15-km-long front

Serifos, coupled with its proximity to neighboring isles, this Cyclades island emerges as the quintessential Aegean getaway, according to Pergament