Global wildfires wreak havoc

Scientists believe climate change is to blame for multiple wildfires that are causing widespread destruction around the world


WORLD ON FIRE (blazes larger than 400 hectares)

Gironde, FRANCE Area burned: 19,303 hectares (ha)

Tuscany, Carso, ITALY 2,673 ha

Peloponnese, Megara, Salamina, Athens, Lesbos, GREECE  1,700 ha (Lesbos)

Mugla, TURKEY 728 ha 


Many regions including Galicia, León, Castile, Zamora, Zaragoza, Malaga, SPAIN
193,247 ha

Murca, Ourém, PORTUGAL 13,000-15,000 ha

Corrientes, ARGENTINA 900,000 ha

Lytton, British Columbia, CANADA 809 ha

Flagstaff Arizona, U.S. 8,093 ha

Big Sur, California, U.S. 607 ha

Mariposa Grove, near Yosemite National Park, California, U.S. 8,503 ha

Santa Fe, San Miguel, New Mexico, U.S. 138,295 ha


Tetouane, Larache, Ouezzane, Taza, MOROCCO 2,023 ha

Uljin, SOUTH KOREA 17,000 ha


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NORTH AFRICA

Sources: Reuters, Spanish News Today
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