About 45,000 hectares have burned in Greece so far this year
Greece
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 6:52 GMT
About 45,000 hectares have burned in Greece so far this year, which ranks 2025 as the 5th most destructive in the last twenty years.
About 45,000 hectares have burned in Greece so far this year, which ranks 2025 as the 5th most destructive in the last twenty years, according to Kostas Lagouvardos, director of research at the National Observatory of Athens.
Citing data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), Lagouvardos said the worst years in terms of burned areas are
2007: 271,700
2023: 174,700
2021: 130,700
2012: 52,400
2025” 45,400
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