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In Europe, the area burned in 2022 is already higher than that accumulated over the whole of 2021. Whether in Spain, Greece or Portugal, them fires are earlier and earlier and more and more devastating, under the effect of climate change.
In recent days, fires have ravaged Greece, Portugal and France, with its pine forest in Gironde. The two giants are set to multiply in the years to come. More threatening and more extensive, they consumed 44,000 hectares in Portugal. In the small Greek seaside resort of Valterait was necessary to evacuate inhabitants and tourists, under a temperature of more than 42 ° C.
With higher temperatures earlier in the season, large fires are expected to increase in Europe. “This type of fire could develop more regularly, with much drier, much more reactive vegetation, and therefore much more intense fires with a behavior that is difficult to contain“, believes Julien Ruffaultsearcher (INRAE) forest fire specialist. In France, in nearly fifteen years, the number of hectares burned has quadrupled.
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