Already over the average of twenty years, according to WWF, the burnt areas of the first fortnight of August, after the devastating fires, in the country are estimated.

WWF, he points out, drawing evidence from the initial estimates of the Emscopernicus system, that the report of forest fires for another summer in our country is heartbreaking.

“Within just two weeks, we measure over 130,000 acres of burnt areas, following the last fires that broke out in Chios (42.490s), Philippiada (26.368st), Zakynthos (22,950s), Achaia (16,830), Achaia (16,830) acres) and swallow Ilias (6.227 acres).

All of the above confirms that for this period (that is, for the first fortnight of August) we are already well above the average burned land of the last 20 years. Something that is particularly alarming, since we are still in the middle of the firefighting season, with its more difficult phase over time (usually the second fortnight of August).

The evaluation of this year’s fires will be possible to take place at the end of the fire season, so we will be able to have a clear picture of the overall impact. However, it is clear from the data available so far that this year’s fires have not only hit hundreds of thousands of acres of precious forest and agricultural land, but hit human property, threatened for yet another year the lives of thousands of animals, and we are already measuring human casualties.