Fire in Hungary (2015-08-20)

Name: Fire in Hungary (2015-08-20)
Creator: Joint Research Centre
Published: 2017-09-26 14:42:26.677076
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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Activation time (UTC): 2015-08-20 11:10:00 Event time (UTC): 2015-07-24 00:00:00 Event type: Forest fire, wild fire

Activation reason:
Wildfire (24/07/2015, 11/08/2015 and 12/08/2015) damaged and destroyed forest and other natural reserves near Kaskantyú, Hortobágy and Nádudvar. The affected forest reserve composed of ancient juniper vegetation (Junipero-Populetum albae) and grasslands (Festucion vaginatae) which are significant locations from natural reserve viewpoint, also NATURA2000 areas are affected.

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