Fire in Mount Hymettus, Greece (2022-06-05)

<br/> Activation time (UTC): 2022-06-05 10:26:00<br/> Event time (UTC): 2022-06-04 12:50:00<br/> Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)<br/> <br/> Activation reason: <br/> A wild fire started the 4 June 2022 at the foothills of Mount Hymettus in the southern Athens suburb of Ano Glyfada. Residents were evacuated from several areas in the suburb of Ano Voula and Vari and some twenty residential homes are reported to have been damaged by the flames. Copernicus EMS Mapping products will be used for damage assessment in infrastructure, houses and buildings and for recovery and restoration planning of the affected area.<br/> <br/> Reference products: 0<br/> Delineation products: 0<br/> Grading products: 1<br/> <br/> Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.<br/>