{"id":13057,"date":"2026-06-26T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13057"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:28:00","slug":"very-high-fire-risk-tomorrow-in-attica-the-peloponnese-the-northern-aegean-central-greece-and-western-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13057","title":{"rendered":"Very high fire risk tomorrow in Attica, the Peloponnese, the Northern Aegean, Central Greece, and Western Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>fire risk<\/b> <b>fire <\/b>for tomorrow, Saturday (June 27).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Very high fire risk<\/b> <b>fire <\/b>(risk category 4) is forecast for tomorrow in <b>Attica<\/b>, the Peloponnese, and in areas of the regions of Central Greece, Western Greece, and the North Aegean, according to the Fire Risk Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection (civilprotection.gov.gr).<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, <b>a very high fire risk is forecast for tomorrow in the following areas<\/b>: \u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North Aegean Region (Lesvos Regional Unit, Chios Regional Unit)<\/li>\n<li>Central Greece Region (Boeotia Regional Unit, Phthiotis Regional Unit, Fokida Regional Unit, Euboea Regional Unit, including the island of Skyros)<\/li>\n<li>Attica Region (including the island of Kythira)<\/li>\n<li>Peloponnese Region<\/li>\n<li>Western Greece Region (Achaea Regional Unit, Elis Regional Unit)  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udc49 Fire Department on high alert due to a very high fire risk (level 4\ufe0f\u20e3) for tomorrow, Saturday, June 27, 2026: https:\/\/t.co\/dFbgQW0QnJ pic.twitter.com\/EWHogxwxmM<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fire Department (@pyrosvestiki) June 26, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has notified the relevant government agencies involved, as well as the regional and municipal authorities in the aforementioned areas, to maintain a heightened state of civil protection readiness in order to respond immediately to any potential wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection advises citizens to be particularly careful and to avoid outdoor activities that could accidentally cause a fire, such as burning dry grass, branches, or yard waste; using machinery that produces sparks, such as circular saws or welding equipment; the use of outdoor grills, smoking bees, discarding lit cigarettes, etc. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, as announced by the Fire Department, the Fire Department\u2019s second stage of operational readiness is being implemented, and aerial surveillance patrols will be increased, as well as patrols by firefighting, police, and military forces.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Fire Department personnel in the above Regional Units are being placed on partial standby, in order to address the increased operational demands that may arise due to a very high fire risk (risk category 4).<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, for these areas, the Civil Protection Action Plan for addressing risks posed by wildfires is being implemented, which, among other things, provides for the implementation of a precautionary ban on vehicle traffic and the presence of visitors in national parks, forests, and \u201cvulnerable\u201d areas.<\/p>\n<p><b>At the same time, the Fire Department is appealing to the public<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>1. Be especially careful and avoid activities outdoors that could cause a fire through negligence, such as burning dry grass, branches, or yard waste, the use of machinery that produces sparks, such as circular saws and welding equipment, the use of outdoor grills, smoking bees, discarding lit cigarettes, etc. It is also reminded that burning fields is prohibited during the fire prevention season.<\/p>\n<p> 2. Please follow the information on forest fire prevention available on the website and on the Fire Department\u2019s official accounts on Facebook and X.<\/p>\n<p>3. If you spot a fire, please immediately notify the Fire Department by calling 199.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and guidelines on how to protect yourself from the dangers of wildfires, citizens can visit the website of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection at civilprotection.gov.gr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fire danger map for tomorrow, Saturday (June 27).&nbsp;<br \/>\nA very high fire risk (risk category 4) is forecast for tomorrow in Attica, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}