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Vilia wildfires

20/08/2021 1247 views 13 likes 458436 ID

On Wednesday 18 August 2021, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the wildfire currently affecting the Vilia area outside Athens. In the midst of one of the worst heatwaves in decades, in the past month Greece has been ravaged by hundreds of fires.

The heatwave has seen some countries record their highest temperature in decades. Wildfires have also been raging in other parts of Greece, Italy, Albania and Algeria, prompting activations in the Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service. The mapping service uses data from satellites to aid response to disasters such as wildfires and floods.

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