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Livadeia fire, August 2026 Λεβαδέων · Livadeia, Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra

Out · last measured on 25 Aug 2026

The fire started on 25 August 2026 in Livadeia, Greece, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 270 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 33th largest in Central Greece since 2016 (of 53 with a page). Number 20 in Greece in 2026, of 28.

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We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but not yet its hotspots: NASA publishes the yearly hotspot archive only once the year closes. The page picks it up automatically when it is available.

Burnt area
270ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
1day
25 Aug 2026 – 25 Aug 2026
Municipalities hit
2
municipalities
Started on
25 Aug
2026
Danger at start
36
High · FWI index

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

35°high
26km/h · peak gust
29%lowest humidity

It had gone 31 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 1.4 mm on 3 Sept.

This area had burned before

6% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 16 ha in 2024.

What happened to each town

  1. Livadeia Λεβαδέων where it started
    270 ha
    0.4 %
  2. Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Διστόμου - Αράχοβας - Αντίκυρας 3,353 inhabitants · 8.8 km from the centre
    0 ha
    0.0 %

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

What burned

  • Mixed forest98 %
  • Agricultural areas1.8 %

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)
25 Aug 35.0 °C 29 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
26 Aug after 37.0 °C 21 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
27 Aug after 34.5 °C 31 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
28 Aug after 35.2 °C 31 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
29 Aug after 31.3 °C 38 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
30 Aug after 32.5 °C 29 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
31 Aug after 32.3 °C 31 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
1 Sept after 33.2 °C 28 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
2 Sept after 32.7 °C 28 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
3 Sept after 29.9 °C 44 % 38 km/h 1.4 mm Moderate 21

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 18 Aug 2026
After · 1 Sept 2026

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 27 August 2026 the air beside the fire reached 23 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 15: 1.0 times the WHO daily guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak23 µg/m³
Days over the guideline1 day
PM1031 µg/m³
Optical depth0.42
232425262728
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)

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Livadeia fire last?
Copernicus dates it between 25 August 2026 and 25 August 2026: 1 day between the first and last image with fire.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 270 hectares (2.7 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 2 municipalities: Livadeia (270 ha, 0.4 %); Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra (0 ha, 0.0 %).
Did the fire reach a town?
The fire came within 8.8 km of the centre of Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, the closest of the areas it touched. That is the distance from the perimeter, or the nearest hotspot, to the point marking the centre; it does not mean it entered the houses.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 35.0 °C, humidity dropped to 29 % and gusts hit 26 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 36, class High.
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 · Emergency number and official warnings ›

Satellite cross-check

History of this page Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.

No changes since 24 October 2026.

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How we know this
  • Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
  • Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. No Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
  • We have not matched this page with any official record.
  • Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.

How we build fire pages: methodology ›

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.