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2026: A Record-Breaking Summer, and It’s Only Halfway Done
Let’s start with the raw numbers, because they’re genuinely eye-popping. By 29 July 2026, satellite data showed that around 91,000 hectares had burned in France so far in 2026 — smashing the country’s previous full-season record of just over 66,000 hectares, and remember, the fire season doesn’t even wrap up until the end of October. Spain’s numbers are even more dramatic: over 200,000 hectares burned, and a single fire near Madrid became the largest in the country’s entire recorded history, at one point nearly…
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