Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair a crucial meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection to address the severe wildfire crisis in Attica.

The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, in collaboration with all relevant Ministries, is activating the framework of state aid to support the areas of Attica affected by the August 11, 2024, fire. Some of these measures also apply to other areas impacted by fires during the summer of 2024.

The state apparatus will need to act quickly and on many levels to address the disasters, according to an official of the government whose attention is also focused on the aftermath of the destructive wildfires.

The large fire front in Attica, which began in Varnavas and spread to many other areas, has put the government on high alert as they face yet another extremely challenging situation this summer.

A wildfire broke out Sunday in a forested area in Tsamantas, Thesprotia in the northern region of Epirus.

Strong firefighting forces have been deployed to the scene, including ground crews, five aircraft and a helicopter. 

The risk of fire will be very high (category 4) in large parts of the country on Tuesday, according to the relevant forecast map of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection (civilprotection.gov.gr).

The regions designated as high-risk are colored orange on the map.

The next few days are all expected to be very dangerous for the outbreak of wildfires that could very easily and quickly get out of control due to the extreme weather conditions.

Crete, as well as parts of the northern and southern Aegean, faces a very high risk of fire on Saturday, the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has said.

On the ministry's fire risk forecast map for Saturday, Chios, Crete, Ikaria, Kalymnos, Karapathos, Kos, Rhodes and Samos are all marked orange, the second-highest fire-risk category.

Very high fire risk (risk category 4) is predicted tomorrow in the region of Crete and in areas of the North and South Aegean regions, according to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection.

Specifically, a very high risk of fire tomorrow is predicted for the following areas:

A very high risk of fire (risk category 4) is predicted tomorrow in the Regional Units of Evros and Rodopi, as per the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.

Additionally, temperatures will rise significantly on Friday, reaching the 40s in even more areas.