Varnavas

General information

Category
Wildfire
Fire classification
Convective plume
Country
Greece
Year
2024

The Varnavas fire had a high intensity behaviour from its start, with moderate northerly winds providing its propagation. It was predominantly plume driven, although wet pyroconvective phenomena (overshooting PyroCu) were occasionally observed.

Fire behaviour and surface observations

Start location lat38.237959 deg N
Start location lon23.924421 deg E
Start location nameVarnavas, Greece
Start hour11/08/2024 12:02:00 (UTC)
Surface affected10414 ha
Fire behaviorSurface, high intensity
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Rate of spread mean1500 m/h
Rate of spread max4500 m/h
Burn ratio mean450 ha/h
Burn ratio max2750 ha/h

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