@CopernicusEU: #ImageOfTheDay Ενημέρωση – Τα κύρια #wildfires έχουν ξεσπάσει στο #Greece 🇬🇷 τις τελευταίες ώρες⬇️ Σήμερα το πρωί, στις 08:37 UTC, #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ κατέγραψε ένα τεράστιο σύννεφο καπνού (~700 km) που δημιουργήθηκε από το συνεχιζόμενο 🔥 στην Ανατολική Μακεδονία, καταποντίζοντας την κεντρική λεκάνη της Μεσογείου

#ImageOfTheDay Update

Major #wildfires have broken out in #Greece 🇬🇷 over the last few hours

⬇️This morning, at 08:37 UTC, #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️ captured a massive smoke cloud (~700 km long) generated by the ongoing 🔥 in East Macedonia, engulfing the central Mediterranean Basin pic.twitter.com/rGQQvnNwIL

— Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) August 22, 2023

To combat #wildfires in #AlexandroupolisFeres🇬🇷, we are deploying further assistance via #EUCivilProtectionMechanism.

Next to 2 rescEU planes from 🇨🇾 and firefighters from 🇹🇩, 5 more planes and a helicopter from the #rescEU fleet with additional 👨‍🚒 are on the way from 🇩🇪🇭🇷🇸🇪🇨🇿. pic.twitter.com/569AexuRFS

— Janez Lenarčič (@JanezLenarcic) August 22, 2023

The EU stands united with Greece in the face of devastating wildfires.

Five additional #rescEU airplanes from 🇭🇷🇩🇪🇸🇪, a helicopter, 58 brave firefighters and 9 water tanks from 🇨🇿 are en route to bolster the firefighting frontlines.

More: https://t.co/e1DJOTALZW#EUSolidarity… pic.twitter.com/TkgFF4wLvG

— European Commission (@EU_Commission) August 22, 2023

#ImageOfTheDay

Major #wildfires 🔥 have broken out in #Greece 🇬🇷 over the last few hours

➡️In East Macedonia (+8,500 hectares have burned)
➡️On Evia, where 3 villages have been evacuated
➡️In Boeotia (visible in this #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image of 21/08), which resulted in a casualty pic.twitter.com/LhJjh4lGNm

— Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) August 22, 2023