Commission's Joint Research Centre
Europe’s wildfires in 2023 were among the worst this century, report says
The 2023 wildfire season in Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday.
Last year, more than half a million (504,002) hectares, an area twice the size of Luxembourg, was scorched by wildfires, according to a report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2023 by the Commission's Joint Research Centre.