So I would guess they they did not use it all the way up to 1453. “It happened very fast,” one resident, Nikos Stavrinidis, told the AP. Greek fire, any of several flammable compositions that were used in warfare in ancient and medieval times. How far have fires spread? How many are dead? Greek authorities announced on Saturday that four people died from COVID-19 infection bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 32. The fire would cling to flesh and was impossible to extinguish with water. The answer why Greek Fire is not rediscovered is that after the invention and use of gunpowder it was simply obsolete, and Napalm do bigger damage. NEOS VOUTZAS, Greece — The first fire alarm sounded in Kineta, a town an hour west of Athens, the capital, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday. More specifically, the term refers to a mixture introduced by the Byzantine Greeks in the 7th century ce. ... Members of the Greek … The idea of using napalm came from Greek Fire the idea is the same : A composition of highly … Greek government approves $23 million for fire relief From CNN’s Chris Liakos An aerial view shows burnt houses following a wildfire in the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24, 2018. Greece wildfires 2018: What has happened … So I would guess they they did not use it all the way up to 1453. Fire swept through the village 40km (25 miles) north-east of Athens on Monday and was still burning in some areas on Tuesday. Greek fire was an incendiary liquid weapon devised by the Byzantine Empire, the surviving, Greek-speaking Eastern half of the Roman Empire with its capital in Constantinople. Greek authorities are still determining whether suspicious activity could be to blame, however, and have employed a drone to scan the area. We are sure of one thing however — it was used with devastating effect throughout the whole course of the Byzantine Empire. Part from the History Channel ,documentary series Ancient Discoveries episode 25, Ancient Death Machines. “The fire was in the distance, then sparks from the fire reached us. Also called “sea fire” and “liquid fire” by the Byzantines themselves, it was heated, pressurized, and then delivered via a tube called a siphōn. The ships which usually carried Greek Fire were of the dromon type, a fast-sailing vessel which could also be propelled using oars. Greece fires: What happened in Greece today? Greek fire was a flaming mixture fired from the ships of the Byzantine empire from the 7th century. I'm not sure exactly what happened to it or how it's secrets were lost. The History of Greek Fire by littlegloomy. The problem with Greek fire is that it made such an impression on observers that they wrote of any incendiary substance vaguely similar to it as “Greek fire”(The Byzantines themselves didn’t use this term, they called it liquid fire or sea fire).