The fire that broke out early in the morning on a fifth floor apartment in Thessaloniki had a tragic end.

According to the fire department, the firefighters found an elderly man charred in the apartment and found his wife unconscious.

The 24 fire fighters and ten vehicles were able to put the fire out, but not before the elderly man had expired.

The body of a child about six years old was found dead in the ashes of a fire that broke out in the Moria Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) on Lesvos, the fire brigade announced on Monday.

A large fire broke out early Thursday morning in an apartment in the southern seaside suburb of Paleo Faliro.