The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of Fire in Spain

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The current wave of fires that ravage thousands of hectares in different autonomous communities and that has caused the death of two people is not the result of a single factor. The combination of an increasingly depopulated territory, a summer of extreme heat preceded by a rainy spring, the direct or negligent action of people and the lack of human means in the fight against fire is giving rise to a scenario in which, although the total number …

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The serious situation of forest fires affecting Spain has led the Ministry of the Interior to declare the emergency phase in order to better coordinate the national response. In total, more than 20 large fires have already been recorded that have calcined more than 500 hectares each, a fact that far exceeds the average of the last decade and is the worst since 2022. According to official sources, 95% of the fires are behind the human cause, eith…