Wildfires in 2025 ravaged an area nearly half the size of Sicily: These EU countries bore the brunt

This year, wildfires across the EU have burned an area nearly half the size of Sicily, according to the latest data from Copernicus' European Forest Fires Information System.

So far in 2025, about 986,000 hectares have gone up in flames, more than three times the 227,627 hectares recorded in the previous year, with nearly 2,000 blazes detected.