Fire in Cyprus (2021-07-03)

<br> Activation time (UTC): 2021-07-03 19:17:00<br> Event time (UTC): 2021-07-03 12:00:00<br> Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)<br> <br> Activation reason: <br> On the afternoon of 3 July, a fire broke out in the Limassol district. Houses were destroyed and large areas of pine forest and other vegetation were burned in just a few hours. The Arakapas village has been evacuated as well as the district boundaries into Larnaca, Melini, Ora, Odou, Sykopetra, and Eptagonia, Ayioi Vavatsinias, and Vavatsinia.<br> <br> Reference products: 0<br> Delineation products: 1<br> Grading products: 1<br> <br> Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.<br>