Nearly 400 000 hectares have been burned in forest fires in Spain since the beginning of the year, most of them in August
According to data released this Wednesday by the European Union programme Copernicus, the European Fire Information System (EFFIS), the area burned in 2025 is significantly higher than the 42 615 hectares burned in 2024 in 219 forest fires.
The forest fires that are shaking Spain remain unextinguished, and since the beginning of the year 391,581 hectares have already been burned, according to data provided this Wednesday by the EFFIS agency under the European Union programme Copernicus.
Since the beginning of August they have been working against forest fires, especially in Castile and Leon, Galicia and Extremadura.
Taking into account the affected area, 2025 is being the worst in the last 30 years. Last year, 42,615 hectares were burned in 219 forest fires, 91,220 hectares in 2023, 371 hectares in fires, and 306,555 hectares in 2022, 493 hectares in fires.
To find worse data than 2025, you have to go back to 1994, when 437,602.50 hectares were burned.
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