Evros 2023: The biggest forest fire of the last 20 years in Greece
Latest satellite data made available yesterday by the Copernicus Rapid Mapping Service of the European Commission highlight the forest fire in Evro as the biggest forest fire of the last many years on European soil. According to the analysis of the satellite data, the total area burned by the forest fire Evroswhich resulted from the confluence of fires in Alexandroupoli and Nannysurpasses them 720,000 acres (until 23.08.2023, 12:19 local time).
Adopting the definition of a mega-fire as a fire exceeding in extent the 100,000 acresthe FLAME Pyrometeorological Team of the unit WEATHER of the National Observatory of Athens (EAA) presents on the map mega-fires that hit her Hellas from 2002 up to and including 2023. It is about total 16 mega-fireswhich consumed more than 4,200,000 acresessentially from 2007 and then. Among them, the forest fire in Evro is now recognized as the largest mega-fire in the last 21 years in Hellas.
Finally, it is important to note that the largest percentage of these mega-fires occurred on three years 2007-2009 (9 in all), 1st 2012 and 6 in three years 2021-2023.
Source: Skai
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