{"id":13179,"date":"2026-06-27T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:40:00","slug":"very-high-fire-risk-on-sunday-in-these-five-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13179","title":{"rendered":"Very high fire risk on Sunday in these five regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>     Under a <strong>very high fire risk fire (category 4)<\/strong>, several areas of the country will be under <strong>Sunday, June 28, 2026<\/strong>, according to the <strong>Fire Risk Forecast Map<\/strong> issued by the <strong>General Secretariat Civil Protection<\/strong> of the <strong>Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>     Category 4 includes: <\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li><strong>Attica Region<\/strong>, along with <strong>Kythira<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Central Greece Region<\/strong>: <strong>Boeotia<\/strong>, <strong>Phthiotis<\/strong>, <strong>Phocis<\/strong>, <strong>Euboea<\/strong> and <strong>Skyros<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>North Aegean Region<\/strong>: <strong>Lesbos<\/strong> and <strong>Chios<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Peloponnese Region<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Region of Western Greece<\/strong>: <strong>Achaea<\/strong> and <strong>Elis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     At the same time, in several other areas of mainland and island Greece, a <strong>high fire risk (category 3)<\/strong> is forecast. <\/p>\n<h2>     <strong>Government agencies on high alert<\/strong> <\/h2>\n<p>     The <strong>Fire Department<\/strong> and the <strong>Civil Protection<\/strong> services remain on high operational alert, having activated the necessary measures to combat potential fires. <\/p>\n<p>     As announced, the <strong>2nd stage of operational readiness<\/strong> for the Fire Department remains in effect. At the same time, <strong>aerial patrols<\/strong> are being stepped up, as are patrols by <strong>firefighting<\/strong>, <strong>police<\/strong>, and <strong>military<\/strong> forces. <\/p>\n<p>     Fire department personnel in high-risk areas remain on <strong>partial standby<\/strong>, so that any increased needs that may arise can be met immediately. <\/p>\n<p>     At the same time, the <strong>Civil Protection Action Plan<\/strong> for wildfires is being implemented. Among the measures are a <strong>preventive ban on vehicle traffic<\/strong> and a ban on visitors entering <strong>national parks<\/strong>, <strong>forests<\/strong>, and other vulnerable areas. <\/p>\n<p>     The <strong>General Secretariat for Civil Protection<\/strong> has already notified all relevant agencies, the regions, and the municipalities affected, so that they remain on full alert. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\"> Risk Forecast Map \ud83d\udd25for tomorrow, Sunday, June 28<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe0 Very high risk 4\ufe0f\u20e3 in:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd #Attica &amp; #Kythira<br \/>\ud83d\udccd #Euboea #Skyros #Boeotia<br \/>\ud83d\udccd #Argolis #Corinthia #Messenia #Laconia<br \/>\ud83d\udccd #Lesbos #Chios #Psara<br \/>\ud83d\udccd regions #Fthiotida #Phocis #Achaea #Elis #Arcadia<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 High risk 3\ufe0f\u20e3 in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/jV1CB9HzX4     <\/p>\n<p>     \u2014 Fire Department (@pyrosvestiki) June 27, 2026 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<h2>     <strong>Recommendations for citizens<\/strong> <\/h2>\n<p>     Meanwhile, the <strong>Civil Protection<\/strong> and the <strong>Fire Department<\/strong> are appealing to the public: <\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"true\">\n<li><strong>To be especially careful and avoid outdoor activities that could accidentally cause a fire, 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 important to note that burning fields is prohibited during the fire prevention season.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Please follow the information on forest fire prevention available on the website and the official accounts of the Fire Department, on Facebook and X.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>If you spot a fire, please immediately notify the Fire Department by calling 199.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     For more information and self-protection guidelines, citizens can visit the website of the <strong>General Secretariat for Civil Protection<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>     The authorities remind the public that in the event of a fire, citizens should strictly follow the instructions of the relevant authorities, giving absolute priority to their personal safety. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Several areas of the country will be under a very high fire danger rating (Category 4) on Sunday, June 28, 2026, according to the map &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13179","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\/13179","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=13179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}