Overview

• The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre reports 439,568 hectares burned year-to-date—over twice the 19-year average—with 1,628 large fires and about 14.11 Mt of CO₂ emissions.
• A nearly two-week heatwave and ‘extreme to very extreme’ seven-day fire-weather outlooks have fueled concurrent blazes in Spain, Greece, Portugal and the Balkans.
• At least three people, including two volunteer firefighters, have died in Spanish wildfires this week and thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate.
• EU Civil Protection activations have sent mutual aid assets—such as two French water-bombers to Spain—and law enforcement has detained more than 30 suspects in arson and negligence investigations.
• EFFIS and regional data show Spain burning over 70,000 ha in recent days and significant fires also burning in northern England’s North Yorkshire.