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English: A large wildfire affected the forest area of Lagada in eastern Mani on 22 August 2020, forcing the residents of five communities, Vachos, Germa, Eleochori, Skamnaki and Drosopigi, to evacuate as a precaution. According to the Greek Fire Service, 210 firefighters were operating in the area in addition to several groups of local volunteers. Upon request from the General Secretariat for Civil Protection the Copernicus Emergency Management Service has been activated for the production of cartographic products for the delineation of the affected areas. This image acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 23 August at 9:20 UTC, shows the burn scar and a front of the wildfire still active in the area south of Skamnaki. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, that is composed of two twin satellites (Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B), allows implementing applications for wildfire detection and monitoring thanks to the Multispectral Instrument that provides data from 13 different spectral channels. The mission can map burnt areas with a maximum spatial resolution of 10 m and maximum revisit period of 5 days.