A wildfire scorches 55 km² of vegetated land in Cyprus

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 23 June 2021 at 15:49:17 UTC
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Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 05 July 2021 at 08:07:05 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 06 July 2021 at 03:50:57 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 07 July 2021 at 08:26:09 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, wildfire, forest, agriculture, Cyprus
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (05.07.2021) - A large fire broke out on 03 July, Cyprus. Its burn scar shows here in black.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (02.07.2021) - It happened in the lower stretches of the Troodos mountain range.
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Fanned by strong winds, it swept through the southern foothills of the Troodos mountain range as the country grappled with a blistering heatwave.
Fig. 3 - S2 (07.07.2021) - Large areas of pine forest and other vegetation were burned in just a few hours.
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The blaze killed four Egyptian labourers, destroyed 50 homes, damaged farms and power lines, and forced the evacuation of 10 villages.
Fig. 4 - S2 (02 & 07.07.2021) - It was the worst to hit the island in decades, it scorched more than 55 square kilometres, visible in red here.
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Fig. 5 - S1 (23 & 24.06.2021, 05 & 06.07.2021) - Over 600 people contained the blaze early Monday 05 after water bombing by Greek & Israeli aircraft.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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