Μake us preferred on Google Extensive areas of Greece will be placed under a red code mobilization on Saturday, as the wildfire risk reaches category 4, the second-highest level on the national fire-risk scale. The heightened alert covers Attica prefecture (the greater Athens-Piraeus area), Crete, the Aegean islands and areas of the Peloponnese, central Greece, Macedonia and Thrace.
The decision reflects forecasts of very high fire danger amid strong northerly winds. Conditions are expected to remain particularly challenging through Saturday, with wind gusts locally exceeding 100 kph and reaching up to 9 on the Beaufort scale. The combination of strong winds and dry summer conditions increases the risk of rapid wildfire development and spread.
The red code status triggers full mobilization of the civil protection mechanism, including the deployment of additional personnel and firefighting resources and heightened readiness for immediate intervention. Municipal and regional authorities in the affected areas have been instructed to convene their civil protection coordination bodies and review prevention, preparedness and response measures.
The heightened alert follows a week in which firefighting resources have been heavily deployed, including in Halkidiki prefecture of northern Greece, where a wildfire located around the Siviri site was significantly contained Friday but left scattered hotspots and extensive damage.
