Fires in Greece
Fires in Greece
28 August 2009
Several forest fires occurred since 21 August 2009 in the region Attica, north-eastern of Athens, Greece. The fires destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and agricultural areas. Many residents had to be evacuated from their homes.
The maps show detailed damage information for the region around Grammatiko, derived from IKONOS satellite data acquired on 26 August 2009.
26 August, IKONOS
26 August, IKONOS
The prefecture Euboea was also affected by fires. The map shows the burnt areas derived by the analysis of ALOS AVNIR-2 satellite data acquired on 25 August 2009 and the location of active fire hot spots on different days.
25 August, ALOS AVNIR-2
(source: www.zki.dlr.de)
The current situation in Greece is covered by a number of detailed reports (see GFMC Media web page):
- Greek fire-fighting plane crashes, pilot killed (published by www.reuters.com, 27 August 2009)
- Forest fires – a continuing Greek tragedy? (published by www.bbc.com, 26 August 2009)
- Why Athens BurnedAgain (published by online.wsj.com, 26 August 2009)
- Greek Forest Fires Recede as Government Count Cost (published by www.google.com, 26 August 2009)
- Fires in Greece: Dark clouds over Athens (published by www.google.com, 26 August 2009)
- Greek insurers see limited impact from wildfires (published by www.google.com, 26 August 2009)
- Ravaging Of Athens “Lungs” Revealed By Fires (published by www.google.com, 26 August 2009)
- Turkey sends firefighting plane to help Greece (published by www.google.com, 25 August 2009)
- Massive wildfire near Athens nearly put out (published by www.google.com, 25 August 2009)
- Athenians lament Attica forest destruction (published by www.google.com, 25 August 2009)
- Areas affected by wildfires outside Athens (published by www.google.com, 25 August 2009)
- Sun Island Tours dispels any concerns over the recent bush fires in Greece (published by www.google.com, 25 August 2009)
Previous situation updates on the GFMC website at: https://gfmc.online/current/globalfire.htm
