According to the Fire Risk Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection, for tomorrow, Friday, August 15, 2025, a very high fire risk (risk category 4) is forecast for the following areas:

– Region of Attica
– Region of Peloponnese (Region of Corinth, Region of Argolida)
– Region of Central Greece (PE Fthiotida, PE Boeotia, PE Evia including the island of Skyros)
– Region of Thessaly (Region of Sporades)
– Region of Central Macedonia (PE Halkidiki)
– Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (SE Kavala, SE Thassos, SE Xanthi, SE Rodopi, SE Evros including the island of Samothrace)
– Region of North Aegean
– Region of South Aegean (P.E. Rhodes, P.E. Karpathos)

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection (civilprotection.gov.gr) of the Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection has informed the competent government departments involved, as well as the Regions and the Municipalities of the above areas, in order to be on increased civil protection preparedness in order to deal immediately with any fire incidents.

At the same time, it recommends that citizens should be particularly careful and avoid actions in the countryside that can cause a fire by negligence, such as burning dead grass and branches or cleaning debris, the use of machinery that cause sparks such as circular saws, welding devices, the use of outdoor barbecues, smoking bees, throwing lit cigarettes, etc. It is also reminded that during the fire season, burning of fields is prohibited.