In the early morning of 16 August 2023, a new fire started on the island of Tenerife, affecting several of the island's natural parks. Among them the Corona Forestal Natural Park, and the El Teide National Park. The #IFArafoCandelaria has forced hundreds of evacuations and affected a total of 12 municipalities on the island. Although the air...

On Sunday 27 August, the fire in the Alexandroupolis area was still raging and the wind were fanning the flames, hampering firefighting efforts. On Sunday 27 August, 295 firefighters, seven aircraft and five helicopters were still trying to tame the fire. Meanwhile, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service continued to monitor the area...

The wildfire affecting the Greek port city of Alexandroupoli has become one of the largest fires ever recorded in Europe and has so far claimed the lives of 21 people while 15,000 people have been evacuated. This image captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 25 August shows the thermal anomalies of the fire fronts near the...

The #IFArafoCandelaria is the most serious fire in Spain this year and the worst in the last 40 years in the Canary Islands. Ten days after it started, the evolution of the fire is starting to be favourable and less than 300 people remain under evacuation orders. The fire has affected the Corona Forestal Natural Park and the Teide National...

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