Wildfires Cost Europe €4.1 Billion as Temperatures Hit Records
- Almost 1 million acres of land destroyed across the continent
- Greece has been the worst affected, followed by Spain, Italy
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Wildfires have cost Europe an estimated €4.1 billion ($4.43 billion) in damages so far this year, as extreme heat seared the Mediterranean from Greece to Spain this summer.
Nearly 400,000 hectares (988,420 acres) of land across the continent has so far been destroyed by forest blazes, according to the report from Distrelec, a major distributor of power sector components, including sensors that give early warnings of potential wildfire activity. The research was based on data from the European Forest Fire Information System.