2025 "most devastating wildfire season on record, with over one million hectares of land burnt in the EU"

"The European Union experienced its most devastating wildfire season on record in 2025, with over one million hectares of land burnt – an area roughly the size of Cyprus – according to new data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS, part of the JRC)" published on 31/03/2026.

Key takeaways of the data analysis are:
• That "the...