In Spain they have already burned around 9,000 hectaresaccording to the real -time estimate of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). It is a figure slightly greater than 5,800 communicated by the Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITECO) until March 31.
So far this month 1,340 hectares have been burned. The month of April closed with 40% less burned surface of the provisions for the date, according to the analysis of historical records. Until now, February has been the month in which the most hectares have burned: 3,100.
By provinces, Cantabria is the most burned hectaresaround 5,900, while Almería is one of the most affectedsince they have burned around 1,300 hectares, although it has burned 111% less than expected for this moment of the year.
2 large fires so far this year
The first great fire of 2025 was recorded last February in While (cantabria)around 1,400 hectares burned. Already in May, the Almeria municipality of Benahadux He suffered a fire that calcined more than 1,300 hectares.
Become part of at least 279 great fireworks in Spain this centurywhich are all those spotlights with more than 500 hectares burned, according to the definition of Miteco. Last year he closed with 20 of these fires. The largest occurred in Soba (Cantabria), La Estrella (Toledo), Obejo (Córdoba) and Barchín del Hoyo (Cuenca), all above the 2,000 hectares.
Last year ended with more than 47,000 hectares burned in Spain, according to provisional Mitecus data, updated on December 31. A figure that reduces the records of 2023 by 46%.
Fires in the EU
In the whole of the UNION EUROPEthe 175,100 hectares of burned forestwith Slovakia shooting its historical average for this time of year and Germany in the same situation. On the whole of the continent, April ended 171,700 hectares, 147% more of the normal values for the date.
In the whole of the European Union, Last year ended with 392,000 hectares of forest burned by forest fires. Bulgaria sextupled his historical mean and Cyprus reported twice the norms of normal. While Spain was the EU country most affected by fire in 2022, Greece and Italy were the ones who suffered the wreaking fire in 2023, with more than 175,000 and almost 100,000 hectares burned, respectively.