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In June through August 2022, parts of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa were affected by wildfires. The bulk of the fires affected Mediterranean countries, with the main areas affected being Algeria, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain.
1985 forest fires burnt 105,000 hectares with the worst affected being around Kavala in eastern Macedonia and Thasos Island in the north Aegean. [11] 2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 ...
The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday. Last year, more than half a million (504,002) hectares ...
The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) supports the services in charge of the protection of forests against fires in the EU and neighbor countries and provides the European Commission services and the European Parliament with updated and reliable information on wildland fires in Europe. The EFFIS started recording data in 2000.
Two firefighters were injured in attempts to contain the fire. As per RC European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), by August 13, 10,630 hectares of land in the East Attica region had been burned. As of August 14, the fires had burned 40 square miles of land, northeast of Athens. [7] In total, it took into grasp, 100,000 acres of land.
An intense heatwave is sweeping Europe, triggering deadly fires, while Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Stockholm face record temperatures.
A forest fire in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain on July 16, 2023. - Andres Gutierrez/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Smoke billowing from mountain of a raging wildfire in Tijarafe, on the Canary ...
The 2023 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Below is an ongoing list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2023. Africa