Report Warns of "Increased Mortality" Due to Fires in Portugal

The headline cannot be more eloquent and is confirmed by a study that points to the forecast that forest fires will double and be even more serious in the European Union by the end of this 21st century. A future reality that will, above all, be more pronounced in the case of countries facing the Mediterranean Sea. “We lose hundreds of lives and billions of euros in fires. We have to learn to live with fire and adapt society to this growing chall…

Report warns of "increased mortality" due to fires in Portugal

A European report presented in Brussels has warned of an "increase in mortality" in Portugal associated with forest fires, stating that between 31 and 189 people died in the country between 2015 and 2018 due to smoke from the fires.

Brussels, 19 May (EFE).- Climate change, droughts, urban expansion and land use change will double the number of forest fires in the European Union by the end of the century, especially in the Mediterranean, and the Community bloc needs to move from a policy focused on suppression to one of adaptation. It is the main conclusion of the report "Forest fires in transformation. Policy options for a Europe with a fire culture and adapted to fire", pr…