Travel disruption recorded in Greece
Roads, rail, accommodation, evacuations and access closures, by area, in the words of the authority that announced them.
This page is assembled from the Greece area records on this site. It is not a live check: every line carries the date it was recorded, and the official source for each area is listed at the foot of the page. Those sources are the authority. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.
Evacuations and returns home
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112 told Agios Fokas and Pefkos to leave.
The first 112 message, shortly after 16:30 on 15 August, told people at Agios Fokas to move on the central ring road towards Acherounes. A second, before 18:30, told the settlement of Pefkos to move on the same road towards Skyros town.
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112 told Ambelakia and Profitis Ilias to move towards Maroneia.
The message went out at about 12.57 on 12 August, naming the two areas and directing people towards Maroneia. Nothing published since says it has been withdrawn.
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112 evacuation alerts across the Gulf of Corinth settlements.
Alepochori, Psatha, Veniza, Loumpa, Zachouli, Agia Paraskevi, Kryo Pigadi and Agios Nektarios were all ordered to evacuate in the early hours of 2 August. Residents of Psatha were moved to Alepochori and Megara.
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Six villages evacuated towards Argostoli.
112 alerts overnight into 2 August ordered Kateleios, Markopoulo and Kremmydi to Argostoli, followed by Chionata, Thiramonas and Mavrata.
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Villages around Porto Germeno and Psatha evacuated by 112 alert.
Evacuation orders were issued through the night of 31 July and into 1 August for Agia Paraskevi, Agios Nektarios and Kryo Pigadi, alongside earlier alerts for Porto Germeno, Livadostra and Domvraina. Treat the whole coastal strip as off limits until authorities say otherwise.
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Seven settlements evacuated in Fokida, near Eupalio.
A separate fire that started at Skaloma on 1 August prompted 112 evacuation alerts for Klima, Pigi, Koukkoura, Nea Koukkoura, Magoula, Peukaki and Eupalio, with residents directed towards Peukaki and Eupalio. Reports of damage to houses at Klima.
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Villages above Aigio evacuated by 112 alert.
Alerts went out shortly after 01:00 on 1 August for Neos Erineos and Arravonitsa, with further orders for Synania, Agioi Theodoroi and Lidoriki as the front spread. Residents were directed towards the Athens to Patras national road and towards Selianitika.
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Seven settlements around Efpalio evacuated.
112 alerts covered Klima, Pigi, Koukoura, Nea Koukoura, Magoula, Pefkaki and Efpalio after the fire started at Skaloma on 1 August.
Roads
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Provincial road between Siviri and Fourka closed in both directions.
Shut for fire service operations. Traffic is going round through Kassandreia and the inland roads. A fire service officer said on the evening of 14 August that the work was not finished when asked whether the road could reopen. Nothing published since says it has.
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Old national road between Argos and Corinth, closed at Fichti.
Shut in both directions during the fire beside Mycenae. No confirmation yet that it has reopened, so check locally before using it. The motorway between Corinth and Argos was not reported closed.
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Aigaleo peripheral road diverted towards Attiki Odos.
Closed on 31 July with police diversions onto Athinon Avenue towards Athens at the peripheral and Aigaleo junction. By 19:02 that evening traffic had been restored around Chaidari and the Athinon Avenue and Schisto Avenue diversions were lifted, leaving only the diversion on the peripheral towards Attiki Odos, with no later notice either way. The Attiki Odos motorway itself was not reported closed.
Campsites, hotels and holiday accommodation
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Homes destroyed around Porto Germeno.
More than a hundred homes have been reported lost near Porto Germeno. Treat accommodation on this stretch of coast as unavailable unless the property itself confirms otherwise.
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Hotels and tourist accommodation at Kateleios cleared.
Visitors were moved to safer parts of the island during the overnight evacuation.
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Homes and holiday properties destroyed or damaged around Porto Germeno.
The deputy mayor of Mandra estimated more than 100 homes burned or damaged; some later reports put the figure nearer 150. Anyone with a rental booked on this coast should assume it may be unusable and contact the owner.
Power and water
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Power and water out in six villages.
Skala, Kateleios, Ratzakli, Markopoulo, Pastra and Kremmydi are on a second day without electricity and water. Contact accommodation before arriving.
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Power cut in the south of the island.
Reported on 29 July while the fire was running south. No source consulted reports how long supply was out.
Access closures: forests, beaches, trails and water
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Beaches at Agios Vasileios and Porto Germeno cut off by land, people taken out by boat.
More than 200 people were evacuated by sea from Agios Vasileios, about 80km north-west of Athens, and a further group was lifted off the beach at Porto Germeno by coast guard and fire service vessels after road access was lost. Do not plan to drive into this coast.
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Mycenae archaeological site.
The fire burned immediately beside the site. No formal closure of Mycenae has been announced in the sources reviewed, but access could be restricted at short notice. Check on the day.
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Damage to farmland and public infrastructure on the west of the island.
The mayor described significant destruction, mainly to crops and to public infrastructure, with the council still assessing after the fire was declared under control on 31 July. Walking routes and rural access near Palaiopoli may be affected, so ask locally rather than assuming a path is open.
What the authorities have said
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Skyros on category 4 fire danger for 16 August.
The civil protection daily map put the Region of Central Greece in the regional units of Boeotia and Euboea, including Skyros, at category 4, very high risk, for Sunday 16 August. No part of the country was at category 5.
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Rodopi has carried a high or very high fire danger category this week.
The Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace publishes the category for the regional unit each day, and on the higher categories entry to named forest areas is restricted, with limited exceptions for residents.
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Argolida in the alarm state for fire danger on 14 August.
The Region of the Peloponnese posted the extreme fire danger category, the alarm state, for Friday 14 August, covering Argolida and Corinthia.
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Fire service called to the old Nea Kios landfill on 13 August.
The Argos fire service went to the abandoned landfill at Bombeika, also given as Grimaria, on the afternoon of Thursday 13 August. Waste material was burning rather than forest, and strong wind made the work harder.
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Agios Vasileios in Rethymno is under a civil protection state of emergency after the 29 July fire.
Declared by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection for three months, to 29 October 2026, to speed recovery works and funding. It is an administrative measure for the aftermath, not a sign the fire is burning.
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Still burning on a fourth day.
The fire service described the main fronts on the morning of 3 August as north east of Psatha and at Kandili, with road closures in the fire area and further damage to homes. Aerial water drops resumed after wind had grounded or limited aircraft over much of the weekend.
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Burnt ground above Arravonitsa confirmed from satellite.
Copernicus burnt area mapping confirms a substantial burn on the hillside above Arravonitsa dated 31 July. Detection counts here fell sharply into 3 August, which reflects ground that has already burned rather than a fire that has been put out.
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Fire still active on a fourth day with fronts near Psatha and Kandili.
The fire service described the main fronts on the morning of 3 August as north east of Psatha and at Kandili, with fronts also reported at Agios Nektarios and towards Megara, road closures in the fire area and further damage to homes.
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Main fire no longer running.
No active front as of 3 August; a 44-year-old was arrested for intentional arson. Flare-up risk remains in burnt ground.
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Fire still active on the north shore.
Reporting on 2 August described the fire as active with around sixty firefighters and fifteen vehicles committed, and no major settlement under immediate threat.
The fires themselves
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Fire still burning in the pine forest at Atsitsa.
In English: in full progress, still raging. Reporting on the morning of 16 August put the critical front on the north eastern side, with the southern and south western flanks improved. 89 firefighters and 21 vehicles were on the ground and aerial operations restarted at first light.
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No authority statement found for the burnt ground mapped by Nea Kios.
Burnt-area mapping dates the burn to 7 August. Searches of Greek civil protection material and Argolida reporting for that date returned fire danger forecasts rather than any incident at Nea Kios.
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Fire service reported no active front at Siviri on 14 August.
The fire service spokesperson said on the morning of 14 August that there was no active fire front, in the spokesperson's words δεν υπάρχει ενεργό μέτωπο φωτιάς, with scattered pockets still burning and crews held on site against re-ignition.
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Fire service put the Imeros fire under control.
Under control on 12 August, with reporting that evening describing no active front and crews left on site for the risk of the ground lighting again.
Reopened or lifted: 7 recorded items
Evacuations and returns home
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Fichti, in Argolida, evacuated towards Argos.
The fire that burned farmland and olive groves next to Mycenae was reported brought under control, with crews and water tankers remaining on site overnight for flare-ups. Homes and farmland were lost.
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112 evacuation alert for Palaiopoli.
Issued at 14:31 on 30 July, directing people from Palaiopoli towards Batsi as a precaution, with Kolympos covered as well. The fire was declared under control on 31 July.
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Reports of people taken off the shore by boat.
A single wider round-up on 31 July describes coastguard, fishing and private boats moving people away from fire-threatened shores on Andros and other islands.
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112 messages for two Chaidari areas.
Evacuation messages were sent for Afaia Chaidariou and Ano Dasos Chaidariou on 31 July. The front was delimited that night and nothing since has reported the fire burning.
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112 evacuation messages for ten settlements in the south of Paros.
Sent between 28 and 30 July for Agios Charalampos, Kampi, Bougados, Aneratza, Kamari, Angairia, Trypiti, Glyfa, Pyrgaki and Aspro Chorio. People were directed to Aliki, and Aspro Chorio to Dryos on 30 July. The last of the five messages followed a reignition that afternoon.
What the authorities have said
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The Rethymno regional unit thanked the crews who fought the Agios Vasileios fire.
Published by the Region of Crete on 3 August, with a further note on 4 August thanking those who worked on the extinguishing of the island fires. No road closure, evacuation or access restriction is recorded as in force.
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112 readiness message for the Vathy area.
Sent at about 17:00 on 30 July, telling people in the Vathy area of the Kalymnos regional unit to stay ready and follow instructions from the authorities. No evacuation was ordered. The mayor said on 31 July that the fire had gone out.
Where these records come from
One official source per area, as recorded with the items above.
- Crete: https://www.crete.gov.gr/i-perifereiaki-enotita-rethymnis-eycharistei-oloys-osoi-synevalan-stin-antimetopisi-tis-pyrkagias-ston-dimo-agioy-vasileioy/
- Boeotia and the Gulf of Corinth coast: Hellenic Fire Service / General Secretariat for Civil Protection, as reported by ProtoThema and Reuters
- Northern Peloponnese (Achaia and Argolida): Hellenic Fire Service / General Secretariat for Civil Protection, as reported by ProtoThema and Greek City Times
- Andros: ProtoThema English
- West Athens and the road to Corinth: To Vima
- Megara, Vilia and the coast road to Corinth: Hellenic Fire Service via ProtoThema
- South east Kefalonia: Kateleios and Markopoulo: Hellenic Fire Service via ProtoThema
- Fokida: Efpalio and the north shore of the Gulf of Corinth: Hellenic Fire Service via ProtoThema
- Paros: Angairia and the south of the island: Municipality of Paros
- Kalymnos: Vathy: eMakedonia, quoting the mayor of Kalymnos
- Rodopi: Imeros and the Maroneia coast: Hellenic Fire Service statements carried by Greek press
- Argolida: Nea Kios and the Argos plain: Argos fire service call-outs reported locally, and Region of the Peloponnese civil protection notices
- Kassandra: Siviri and Fourka: Hellenic Fire Service statements carried by ERT, and the Regional Unit of Chalkidiki
- Skyros: Atsitsa and the west of the island: Hellenic Fire Service statements via Newsbeast