August 2026 – Week 4 Fire service helicopter dropping water over the blaze at High Fens, Belgium. By Evan Meikle Last updated: 18 August 2026 This…
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August 2026 – Week 3 BC premier, David Eby, welcomes firefighters from Mexico to British Columbia as they arrive to support wildfire response efforts during the…
August 2026 – Week 2 Our liveblog covering week two of the extensive 2026 European wildfires. Map of the active European wildfires 22nd of July 2026.…
The Gironde wildfire one of the worst wildfires ever recorded on the European continent. Photo credit: HERVÉ LEQUEUX / LE MONDE. By Anders Lorenzen On Tuesday…
August 2026 – Week 1 Map of the active European wildfires 22nd of July 2026. Credit: Copernicus. By Anders Lorenzen This week’s live blog is continuing…
climate change July 2026 – Week 4 Map of the active European wildfires 22nd of July 2026. Credit: Copernicus. By Anders Lorenzen We are starting the…
This satellite image shows the scale of wildfires on the Iberian Peninsula, with smoke billowing. Image credit: Copernicus Sentinel data (2025), processed by ESA – via…
Emergency crews battle the August 2025 Albanian wildfires. By Anders Lorenzen As many European countries brace for the impacts of yet another heat dome engulfing the…
By Anders Lorenzen New forest loss data has revealed that in 2024, wildfires have overtaken deforestation activities, such as industrial logging, as the primary reason behind…