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Wildfires in 2025 ravaged an area nearly half the size of Sicily: These EU countries bore the brunt

As summer draws to a close, EU data shows the astonishing scale of wildfire destruction across the continent in 2025.

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00:00Which countries are investing more in fire protection services?
00:09Wildfires have been hitting the EU particularly hard recently.
00:14In 2025, nearly a million hectares have gone up in flames.
00:20That's nearly half the size of Sicily, and over three times last year's total.
00:25Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece and the Balkans suffered the worst damage.
00:34Across the EU, there are almost 400,000 firefighters on duty.
00:40Germany has the biggest force, then France, Poland and Italy.
00:45The highest rate compared to the size of the job market, however, is in Croatia, with Greece following second.
00:53In terms of money, however, it's Romania that leads the way.
00:58Its government allocates nearly 1% of its budget to fire protection services, followed by Estonia and Greece.
01:07The countries with the lowest budgets are Denmark, Malta, Portugal and Austria.
01:14The average across the EU is 0.5% on a total of 40 billion euros spent.
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