Forest fire in Piedmont region, Italy (2021-04-08)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2021-04-08 11:02:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-04-07 08:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
In the morning of 7 April 2021, the Val Cannobina mountains, near Lake Maggiore, were affected by a large forest fire. Strong foehn winds fuelled the fire, which is still active affecting a large area of the forest. Several teams of Fire Fighters and two aerial fire-fighting amphibious aircraft of the air operations centre of the Italian Civil Protection have been deployed.

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Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Forest fire in Piedmont region, Italy (2021-04-08). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2a229e33-36ba-4296-b5b8-9e73928dd2c7

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR508 Emergency Management ITA Italy Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR508]: Forest fire in Piedmont region, Italy (2021-04-08)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-05-13
Modified date: 2021-05-13
Issued date: 2021-04-08
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR508
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2a229e33-36ba-4296-b5b8-9e73928dd2c7
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