Published on
21/05/2026 - 16:46 GMT+2
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presented what he called Spain's biggest-ever campaign against forest fires on Thursday after deadly blazes devoured a record amount of land last year.
Spain is one of the southern European countries on the front line of climate change as higher average temperatures stoke heatwaves, droughts and forest fires.
The country sweltered through its hottest summer on record in 2025, when almost 4,000 square kilometres of land went up in smoke, the highest figure registered by the European Forest Fire Information System.
