Forest fires destroyed a total of 3,697 hectares in Spain in January; this is seven times more than in January 2022.According to data from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenges (MITECO). It also represents 53% more than the average number of hectares burned in the last decade.
This data places January 2024 in the fourth place with the most wildfires in the last decade; As of late January 2022, approximately 6,273 hectares had burned between 2017 (6,406 hectares) and 2019 (4,345 hectares). Moreover, A large fire was recorded during this month (more than 500 hectares)something that has only happened in January 2017, 2021 and 2022 in the last decade. There were also 166 attempts and 107 fires over 1 hectare.
The majority of these incidents occurred in the Northwest; More than half of the forest fires (53.48%) occurred in the Mediterranean region, 33.70% in inland communities, 12.09% and the Canary Islands (0.73%).
referred to Although it was only the woodland area that was affected this January, the northwest region was the hardest hit at almost 79%.inland communities, 12.62% and the Mediterranean region, 8.53%.
Fires in Spain destroyed 89,068 hectares of land last yearAlthough it was 67% lower than in 2022, this was the fourth-worst year of the decade.
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