In 4.322 hectares is the area destroyed by the great fire in Ymittos, which started in Ano Glyfada and ended in the municipality of Voula-Varis-Vouliagmeni, where it caused the most damage, on the southern side of the mountain.
This follows from the recording made by the European Union's Copernicus/Emergency Management Service Mapping Service, through its satellite, which was activated by the Directorate of Planning and Emergency Response of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection, on the instructions of the Secretary General, Vassilis Papageorgiou, immediately after the fire's demarcation, in order to make an accurate assessment of the damaged area.
It is worth noting that, according to Civil Protection sources, of the above burnt land, 3.000 hectares or so were forests from reforestation, much of which was from the 1970s, following the great fire of 1974, which had burned the entire southern slope of Mount Hymettus.
The remaining area had also been reforested in the past, but has been reforested several times, so it was mostly low vegetation.
The Copernicus Service map shows in detail the area that was burned, as well as buildings that may have been affected within the urban fabric in Ano Voula, which is not reliable, as the photo is from above, so the damage is being counted street by street, by the Fire Department, the municipality and the Region, in order to compensate the affected people.
As far as the counting on the part of the Fire Department is concerned, it is formally completed today at noon, but it is effectively over.
From the data so far, it appears that the flames damaged 11 buildings, one of which was also burned internally on two floors and another one had its roof burned and was severely damaged externally. Also, a private car and a motorcycle were burnt to the ground and two other cars were damaged.
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