Spain Becomes EU Country with the Most Burned Land
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The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen, warned this Saturday that forest fires in Spain have...
Spain exceeds 120,000 hectares burned in 2026 and leads the devastating balance of fires in the EU. This alarming fact reflects not only the magnitude of ecological destruction, but also the seriousness of the situation in the face of climate change, forest management and extreme weather conditions that have hit the country in recent months. The loss of forest mass directly affects biodiversity, ecological balance and communities dependent on th…
With 21 major fires already raging, it is the European country with the largest area affected by the flames so far.
The fires of the summer of 2026 have already razed 108,000 hectares in Spain, as confirmed by the Minister of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen. The figure quadruples the calcined surface in the same period of 2025 and shows the crudeness of a season marked by high temperatures. In an interview at Cadena Ser, Aagesen recalled that last year it was already “severe, very serious, with 350,000 he…
The Mediterranean climate, characterized by high temperatures, coupled with the impact of climate change, is increasing the frequency and virulence of fires. Added to all this, is the smaller agricultural activity, which favors the uncontrolled accumulation of scrublands that make a considerable bulk of the country into a powder keg. At the moment, there are about ten forest fires scattered throughout Spain, according to the Ministry of Ecologic…
The forest area burned in the state so far this year is already 125,000 hectares — more than triple that in the same period of 2025 — in a dramatic season marked by forest fires. Given the gravity of the situation, the third vice president and minister for the ecological transition, Sara Aagesen, has announced the convening of a new convention of the state pact against the climate emergency for after summer. The situation remains critical on the…
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