This map shows the fire-danger forecast on Aug. 4, with the dark-red areas at "very high" risk. Image via the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).
This summer has been literally blazing in Southern Europe, where
forest fires in
France, Greece, Italy, and Spain burned down more than 50,000 hectares in just four late-July days. Wildfires have forced thousands to flee their homes, and destroyed dozens of dwellings, in the Canary islands, and killed eight people, including six firefighters, on the ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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