27/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – On 24 July, the Greek General Secretariat for Civil Protection activated the rapid mapping component of the EU civil protection mechanism (EMS) of the European Earth observation programme Copernicus after two forest fires broke out in the region of Attica, the European Commission announced in a press release dated Thursday 26 July. The programme showed that the stricken areas extended over more than 3,200 hectares, according to the aggregated data released on...