Amount of land burnt across Europe up 75%: Chaucer 
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Amount of land burnt across Europe up 75%: Chaucer 

Luke Harrison
20 July 2022
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Damage from large wildfires in Europe has proliferated, with a 75% increase in the amount of land burnt in the latest year, according to analysis by Chaucer.

In 2020, 787,130 hectares of land were burnt across 35 European countries, up from 450,250 hectares in 2019.

The countries that saw the largest increases in amount of land burnt in the past year include Bosnia & Herzegovina (246%), Croatia...

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