Forest Fire in Greece
Forest Fire in Greece
24August 2006
South of the city in Thessaloniki in north-central Greece, a large forest fire forced thousands of people to evacuate the southern tip of the Kasandra Peninsula on21 August 2006. The racing fire forced people to the coastline of the popular tourist area, where many were evacuated by boats. This image of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite on 22 August. The locations where MODIS detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Smoke spreads east and south over the AegeanSea.
AQUA
21 August 2006
The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters perpixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
See also following news reports:
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Tourists return after fleeing Greek wildfire (published by www.theherald.co.uk, 23 August 2006)
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Tourists flee Greek forest fire (published by news.bbc.co.uk, 22 August 2006)
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Un turista muere en Grecia por los incendios forestales (published by www.swissinfo.org, 22 August 2006)
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Tourists flee forest fire in Greek resort (published by www.guardian.co.uk, 22 August 2006)
