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Fyli fire, August 2021 Δημοτική Ενότητα ΦΥΛΗΣ · Fyli

Out · last measured on 6 Aug 2021

The fire started on 6 August 2021 in Fyli, Greece, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 103 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 31th largest in Attica since 2016 (of 33 with a page). Number 44 in Greece in 2021, of 45.

We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.

Burnt area
103ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
1day
6 Aug 2021 – 6 Aug 2021
Municipalities hit
1
municipalities
Started on
6 Aug
2021
Danger at start
62
Extreme · FWI index

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

36°high
59km/h · peak gust
19%lowest humidity

It had gone 43 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

What happened to each town

  1. Fyli Δημοτική Ενότητα ΦΥΛΗΣ 3,640 inhabitants where it started
    103 ha
    1.0 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

What burned

  • Artificial surfaces84 %
  • Scrub and transitional woodland15 %
  • Sclerophyllous scrub1.0 %

Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day High Min. humidity Peak gust Rain Danger (FWI)
6 Aug 36.4 °C 19 % 59 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 62
7 Aug after 33.7 °C 26 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
8 Aug after 33.3 °C 32 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
9 Aug after 35.3 °C 28 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
10 Aug after 36.7 °C 23 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
11 Aug after 35.7 °C 29 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
12 Aug after 34.2 °C 26 % 56 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 49
13 Aug after 34.1 °C 29 % 56 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 51
14 Aug after 30.8 °C 30 % 69 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 54
15 Aug after 31.1 °C 26 % 63 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 52
16 Aug after 33.3 °C 22 % 50 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 30 Jul 2021
After · 13 Aug 2021

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

The smoke

CAMS · Copernicus

On 4 August 2021 the air beside the fire reached 56 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 34: 2.3 times the WHO daily guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak56 µg/m³
Days over the guideline6 days
PM1098 µg/m³
456789
Good Fair Moderate Poor Very poor Extremely poor

Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)

Other fires nearby

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Fyli fire last?
Copernicus dates it between 6 August 2021 and 6 August 2021: 1 day between the first and last image with fire.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 103 hectares (1.0 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire only entered Fyli (103 ha, 1.0 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 36.4 °C, humidity dropped to 19 % and gusts hit 59 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 62, class Extreme.
Where does this data come from?
From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Greece (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Emergency number: 112 · 199

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter and land cover come from the Copernicus European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), measured on MODIS and Sentinel-2 imagery and published under CC BY 4.0. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM3 (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from each country’s official figure.