According to Fire Brigade data, some 150.000 acres have gone up in flames this season so far in Greece. Lesser rainfall and snowfall this year, which is the hottest recorded on a global level, are in part to blame
The 150.000 acres were forests and agricultural land.
This time last year it was about 80.000 acres, while in 2014 the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) notes that about 100.000 acres of forests and crops were burned down.
Chios has suffered the most, with 52.420 acres of forest and crops, mostly mastic trees, destroyed. The fire that broke out in Rhodes in mid June burned down 17.720 acres of forests and even threatened settled areas.