Overview

• An AFP analysis of EFFIS data put the EU’s burned area at 1,015,731 hectares as of Thursday midday, the first time the one‑million mark has been crossed since records began in 2006.
• The 2025 tally surpasses the previous annual EU record of 988,524 hectares set in 2017.
• Spain accounts for more than 400,000 hectares burned with four reported deaths, followed by Portugal with nearly 274,000 hectares and three deaths.
• Four EU countries—Spain, Cyprus, Germany and Slovakia—have already exceeded their national annual burned‑area records in the EFFIS era.
• France has recorded about 35,600 hectares burned, including a major early‑August blaze in the Aude, while Romania stands at roughly 126,000 hectares.