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So far in 2025, fires have scorched nearly 4,40,000 hectares across the eurozone, double the average for this time of year since 2006, according to the EU’s Joint Research Centre.
Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Wednesday, killing at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania, and forcing thousands to flee their homes, according to reports from the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters.
In Greece, crews fought to contain blazes threatening the outskirts of Patras, the country’s third-largest city. Flames tore through pine forests and olive groves, setting dozens of vehicles alight at a nearby impound lot.
