Spain wildfires burn record territory this year: monitor

Deadly wildfires ravaging Spain have burnt the equivalent of nearly half a million football fields this year, setting a new record, according to data from the European Forest Fire Information System (Effis) Monday.

The 2025 fires have so far burnt more than 343,000 hectares (848,000 acres), surpassing the previous record for the period of 306,000 hectares, set in 2022.