European Wildfires in Numbers: How Record Breaking Heatwaves Have Scorched the Continent The European summer has been marked by catastrophic wildfires that have left a trail of devastation across the continent.
Over 530,000 hectares of land have burned, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes and causing billions in economic damage.
Europe is warming at twice the rate of any other continent, making it a hotspot for wildfires.