Spain and Portugal were the worst-affected countries in Europe, which has seen its most destructive wildfire season in nearly ...

Wildfire is a natural process that has existed for as long as vegetation has covered the Earth. Occasional fires in a forest are healthy. They clear out dead wood and leaf and branch litter, leaving ...

Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres) in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began in 2006, according to an AFP analysis of data from the ...

Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began ...

Spain's civil-protection chief warned that the fires continue to pose a direct threat to populated areas, while Defence ...

Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres)analysis of data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFF ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have spotted a contradiction in worldwide wildfire trends: Despite a 26% decline in total burned area from 2002 to 2021, the ...

The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) calculate that 380,000 hectares have burned in Spain so far this year, while the fight against the flames continues.

A Portuguese firefighter suffered severe burns on Thursday in one of the wildfires ravaging central and northern parts of the country when the blaze suddenly changed direction and engulfed his fire ...

The devastating wildfires sweeping across Spain this summer should serve as a warning to the rest of Europe about the rising dangers of climate change, a Barcelona-based climatologist said on ...

Firefighters in Portugal continue to battle four major wildfires across northern and central Portugal, with officials confirming a third death since late July.