Impressive and alarming results emerge for Attica from the updated analysis (Copernicus) of the burned areas from the large fire that broke out at noon on Sunday in Varnavas and within two days reached to burn the Patima of Chalandri and Vrilissi.
Copernicus EMS has released a new map showing the acres burned with the new data bringing the number to nearly 105 thousand acres.
Total area burned
Specifically, as reported from August 13, 09:33, the following were detected:
- Total burned area 10,409 hectares (104,090 acres)
- Active flames have decreased to 5 out of 168 in the last 24 hours
Extra 2/n 🔥 | We can see some buildings & villages completelly surrounded by the burned area. #Wildfire near #Athens — #Varnavas, #AtticaGreece.
🟢 Vegetation 🟤 Burned areas 🟠🔴 Active hotspots 🟥 Buildings
HD/slow motion version here: pic.twitter.com/5CGuvy7wEd
— Iban Ameztoy (@i_ameztoy) August 12, 2024
11/08 (12:00) – The first report
“On August 11, 2024, at approximately 12:00, it is reported that a fire struck the region of Attica, near the village of Varnavas in Greece. Thousands of residents are being evacuated from their homes, with some flames leaping 25 meters high. The historic Marathon site is among the areas where residents are being taken to safety by emergency services. Houses and properties in the nearby town of Varnavas are burning, according to the fire department.
12/08 (06:56) – Start of activation of the Copernicus EMS service
“On August 12, 2024 at 06:56, the single Civil Protection Secretariat – Emergency Planning and Response Directorate activated the Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping service to cover the fire event affecting the Attica Region. Copernicus EMS was requested to provide an initial assessment, emergency mapping of the extent of the fire and damage assessment.
It then lists satellite images showing the extent of the fire on August 12 and August 13.
According to the agency’s mapping team’s first estimate, the fire fronts stretched 23 kilometers long with 168 active fronts, burning 85,000 acres.
450,000 hectares of forest burned in Attica in the last 8 years
From 2017 until August 13, 2024, 13 large fires have burned more than 700,000 hectares according to reports from the Copernicus Fast Mapping Service and the European Observatory on Forest Fires (EFFIS).
The total area of ​​the Attica Region (excluding the area of ​​Troizinia, the islands and the Basin) is 2,500,000 acres, so in the last 8 years 26% of the total area has been burned by forest fires. In the Attica Region, the area of ​​forest lands is approximately 1,230,000 acres and in the last 8 years, 450,000 acres of forest have burned, i.e. 37% of the forest area. The recent fire that started from Varnavas Attica and reached the residential zone of Lekanopedi, burned a large part of the forest area of ​​Northeastern Attica.
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