Wildfires in Greece — what is burning right now?

Live overview of Greek wildfires: every burned area measured in the past 42 days, the nearest town for each fire, and day-by-day satellite image series for the biggest ones. Hotspot detections on the live map refresh every 20 minutes.

33measured burned areas · 42 days
13,919hectares burned · 42 days
Oct 6, 2026latest detection

Map — hotspots and burned areas in Greece

Dots are satellite heat detections from the past 42 days — bright yellow is the last 24 hours. Brown outlines are measured burned areas: click one for size and dates. Photo pins open the day-by-day satellite image series of that fire.

Burned areas in Greece — past 42 days

AreaFirst seenLast seenNearest townSatellite series
130 haOct 6, 2026Oct 6, 2026Níkaia · 10 km—
Burned area near Mikró Déreio from space1,768 haOct 4, 2026Oct 6, 2026Mikró Déreio · 4 kmsatellite series →
113 haOct 3, 2026Oct 5, 2026Velestíno · 5 km—
149 haOct 4, 2026Oct 4, 2026Anthiró · 16 km—
Burned area near Fársala from space1,206 haOct 4, 2026Oct 4, 2026Fársala · 17 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Fársala from space695 haOct 4, 2026Oct 4, 2026Fársala · 15 kmsatellite series →
303 haOct 2, 2026Oct 2, 2026Fýllo · 11 km—
Burned area near Dório from space257 haSep 18, 2026Sep 18, 2026Dório · 4 kmsatellite series →
352 haSep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026Palamás · 7 km—
Burned area near Kónitsa from space1,566 haSep 4, 2026Sep 14, 2026Kónitsasatellite series →
Burned area near Efkarpía from space121 haSep 10, 2026Sep 13, 2026Efkarpíasatellite series →
155 haSep 11, 2026Sep 11, 2026Palaiókipos—
Burned area near Fársala from space304 haSep 6, 2026Sep 11, 2026Fársala · 5 kmsatellite series →
340 haSep 7, 2026Sep 7, 2026Psachná · 8 km—
263 haSep 5, 2026Sep 5, 2026Kyprínos · 6 km—
240 haSep 5, 2026Sep 5, 2026Oinófyta—
184 haSep 4, 2026Sep 4, 2026Astakós · 10 km—
160 haSep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026Xánthi · 5 km—
186 haSep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026Pelasgía · 10 km—
336 haSep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026Bilisht · 8 km—
Burned area near Kárystos from space1,096 haSep 2, 2026Sep 2, 2026Kárystossatellite series →
586 haSep 2, 2026Sep 2, 2026Thívai · 9 km—
Burned area near Kónitsa from space255 haSep 1, 2026Sep 1, 2026Kónitsasatellite series →
Burned area near Efkarpía from space161 haAug 16, 2026Sep 1, 2026Efkarpíasatellite series →
270 haAug 26, 2026Aug 26, 2026Deskáti · 6 km—
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Data. Hotspots: NASA MODIS & VIIRS (updated ~20 min). Burned-area outlines and sizes: Copernicus Emergency Management Service / EFFIS (CC BY 4.0). Satellite image series: Copernicus Sentinel-2. Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

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