Climate change could triple area hit by European wildfires: study

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Climate change could nearly triple the area of land hit by wildfires every year in Europe, and even fuel blazes in regions with little experience of tackling them, a study said Thursday.

The warning comes after the continent has battled weeks of devastating wildfires fuelled by dry conditions and a historically hot summer, with Belgium, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain hit by major blazes. Wildfires may become more unpredictable and could overwhelm even those experienced in preventing and fighting them, the study said.

“Climate change is driving up fire activity across Europe as hot, dry and windy conditions become more severe,” said lead author Maik Billing, researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.