Wildfires: Belgium battles blaze, France's Lecornu jeered
- Fires are burning in several European countries on Monday as the continent experiences a spate of wildfires after many weeks of hot and dry weather.
- Some 576,000 hectares (2,225 square miles) of land have been burnt out so far this year, according to data from the European Forest Fire Information System — an area twice the size of Luxembourg.
- Europe suffered its worst fire season on record last year, with more than a million hectares of land burned, but that sad record could be beaten in 2026, as the fire season still has some time to run.
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- Fires are burning in several European countries on Monday as the continent experiences a spate of wildfires after many weeks of hot and dry weather.
- Some 576,000 hectares (2,225 square miles) of land have been burnt out so far this year, according to data from the European Forest Fire Information System — an area twice the size of Luxembourg.
- Europe suffered its worst fire season on record last year, with more than a million hectares of land burned, but that sad record could be beaten in 2026, as the fire season still has some time to run.
Sources: DW