Lavrio

General information

Category
Wildfire
Fire classification
Convective plume
Country
Greece
Year
2025

It was a plume and wind driven fire with high fire intensity and spotting activity, that moved very fast, in Attica region, inside WUI. Houses were also burned.

Fire behaviour and surface observations

Start location lat37.776629 deg N
Start location lon23.998869 deg E
Start location nameLavrios
Start hour08/08/2025 14:04:00 (UTC)
Surface affected1600 ha
Fire behavior
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Rate of spread mean1710 m/h
Rate of spread max3000 m/h
Burn ratio mean260 ha/h
Burn ratio max795 ha/h

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