Title: Forest Fire in Evia Island, Greece (2018-08-14)
Activation time (UTC): 2018-08-14 09:08:00 Event time (UTC): 2018-08-12 15:24:00 Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
On 12 August, a forest fire broke out on the Greek island of Evia, near Athens. The residents of Kondodespoti and Stavros villages were preventively evacuated. The K349 Agrilitsa-Katavothra-Kalamaki wild life park was directly threatened by the fire.
Copernicus EMS Mapping products will be used for a rapid assessment of the fire perimeter to assist the fire service in mop up operations, as well as to prevent any possible re-ignitions of the fire.
Reference maps produced: 0 Delineation maps produced: 2 Grading maps produced: 0
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Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR306]: Forest Fire in Evia Island, Greece (2018-08-14)
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| Issue date | 2018-08-14 |
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| Landing page | http://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR306 |
| Language | English |
| Data theme(s) | Regions and cities; Science and technology |
| EuroVoc domain(s) | 72 GEOGRAPHY |
| Identifier | http://data.europa.eu/89h/fce9c770-73da-4bad-9892-ea062c129a59 |
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| Geographic bounding box | 38.6565610753° N, 23.6986490017° E, 38.5811949673° S, 23.5810943731° W |
| Coordinate Reference System | ETRS89 / LAEA Europe |
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