Overall Orange Forest fire alert in Greece on 12 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (1200 ha) in Greece 12 Aug 2025

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Forest fire can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1024567
Glide number:	WF-2025-000133-GRC
Countries:	Greece
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Aug 2025 - 12 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	0
People affected:	462 in the burned area
Burned area:	1200 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Greece - Wildfires, update (ECHO 18 Aug 2025)Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:22

Several wildfires have been burning across western, northern and eastern Greece since 8 August, causing injured people, population evacuation and widespread damage. The affected areas are Kefalonia island, Zakynthos island, Arta, Preveza, Vonitsa, Etoliko and Achaia across north-western and western Greece and the Peloponnese, the Thessaloniki area, and Chios island in the Aegean Sea.
The Greek Civil Protection (GCP) reports, as of 12 August, 54 evacuated people across the island of Chios and a number of evacuated people across most of the aforementioned affected places. In addition, the GCP also reports ten injured people in Achaia, four in Arta, four in Preveza and two injured on Chios island.
On 12 August, Greece requested assistance via the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) for a total of four firefighting airplanes to support the response efforts.
The Copernicus Emergency Management Service, (EMS) was activated six times in rapid mapping mode since 8 August, with one activation for Attika (), four activations for western Greece (, , and ) and one for the Chios island ().
Over the next 48 hours, according to the JRC European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), the fire danger forecast is expected to be from very high to very extreme across western Greece and high in the Thessaloniki area and on the island of Chios.

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