37% of the forests of Attica burned in the last 8 years
Ecological disaster in Attica from the forest fires of the last ones 8 years old (2017-present) in its continental part District show the data of the updated analysis of burned areas. The figures are reported by meteo, citing European agencies.
From the 2017 up to and including August 13, 2024, 13 major fires have burned more than 700,000 acres as reported by the Copernicus Fast Mapping Service and the European Observatory for Forest Fires (EFFIS). The perimeter of the burned areas is given on the map below.
Figure 1. Perimeter of burned areas in the Attica Region from 2017 to today. Shades of red and pink mark the areas burned in 2023 and 2024 (as of 13/8) and yellow and orange the areas burned in the previous 8 years. The wider area of ​​the Attica basin is marked in gray.
Its total surface area Region of Attica (without its area Troiziniaof islands and his Basin) is 2,500,000 acresso the last 8 years the 26% of the total area it has been burned by forest fires. In Periphery Attica the area of ​​forest land is approx 1,230,000 acres and the last 8 years they have burned 450,000 acres of forestthat is, the 37% of the forest area.
The recent fire started by Barnabas Attica and reached the residential zone of Lekanopediburned a large section forest area of ​​Northeast Attica.
Table 1. Total burned areas during the years 2017-2024 (as of 13/8) in the Attica region.
Source: Skai
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