The forests of Greece turned to ashes, here is the balance of 3 years

In Greece, 1 million 200 thousand hectares of forest were burned in the forest fires that lasted until Wednesday, August 23, 2023. In the Greek media news it was stated that this rate corresponds to approximately 3 times the annual average area burned in the country between 2006 and 2022. It has been reported that the total burned areas is 1 million 300 thousand 590 hectares.

THE WORST OF THE LAST 17 YEARS HAS PASSED

It is claimed that the wildfires in 2023 are very likely to be the second worst in the last 17 years. 2007 occupies the first place with an area of ​​more than 2 million 700 thousand decares. While more than 520,000 acres of land burned in July 2023, as of Wednesday, August 23, 2023, more than 730,000 acres of land burned.

It has been announced that approximately 3 million hectares of land have been burned in the forest fires of the last 3 years in Greece.

808,000 hectares of ash in 11 days in western Thrace

In 11 days, 808,000 hectares of forest were burned in the area that goes from the province of Alexandroupolis (Evros), in western Thrace, in Greece, to the region of Meriç, on the border with Turkey. 20 immigrants, including 2 children, died in the middle of the fires.

THE LARGEST FIRE IN EUROPE

The latest satellite data on the biggest forest fire in recent years on European soil in Evros, produced by the European Commission’s Copernicus Rapid Mapping Service, has been published today. According to the analysis of satellite data, the total area burned by the Evros forest fire, which arose as a result of the combination of the Alexandroupoli and Dadia fires, exceeds 808 thousand hectares.