16/07/2025  How climate change fuels wildfires in Europe

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Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into lockdown in Catalonia in Spain, and encroaching on France's second-biggest city of Marseille.

Here's what drives wildfires across Europe, and the situation so far this year.

HOW BAD IS IT THIS YEAR?

Wildfires have burnt 227,000 hectares of land since the beginning of the year - more than double the average for this time of year over the past two decades, according to the EU's European Forest Fire Information System.

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