2017 was one of the worst years on record for fires in Europe, with over 800,000 hectares of land burnt in Portugal, Italy and Spain alone.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/wildfires-set-increase-could-we-be-sitting-tinderbox-europe
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/phys
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/portugal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/spain
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/italy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases